05-21-2016, 09:34 PM
Hi JC,
I'm enjoying reading through this poem and I agree with Wjames and his interpretation. There's a definite beauty in this poem, a beauty in rotting or death. Like when a star goes supernova and 'dies' but creates at the same time.
I wasn't going to say this but what the hell I'm saying it now. The first time I read the poem it was definitely about a tree the second time I read it I hesitated over the word trunk and the poem was about an elephant. I thought it was just me being a bit daft at first but now I'm happy to see it either way and they both work. Especially due to the fact that elephants have a matriarchal society which gives the line 'She was once an upright bastion' a certain relevance.
Sorry not much crit here, more of an observation.
Cheers for the read,
Mark
I'm enjoying reading through this poem and I agree with Wjames and his interpretation. There's a definite beauty in this poem, a beauty in rotting or death. Like when a star goes supernova and 'dies' but creates at the same time.
I wasn't going to say this but what the hell I'm saying it now. The first time I read the poem it was definitely about a tree the second time I read it I hesitated over the word trunk and the poem was about an elephant. I thought it was just me being a bit daft at first but now I'm happy to see it either way and they both work. Especially due to the fact that elephants have a matriarchal society which gives the line 'She was once an upright bastion' a certain relevance.
Sorry not much crit here, more of an observation.
Cheers for the read,
Mark
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