10-28-2016, 07:26 PM
I'm sure someone's written about this, but you're right, you get mostly mending wall. Found some stuff on how it's sort of a force beyond comprehension that's driving the killing.
Lines like "in the offing there" sound conversational, which sort of contrasts the grand theme of death. That seems to be part of his whole aesthetic.
What other people said about the meter might be right.
If you want a b.s. reason why he did it: Maybe the speaker's ability to comprehend or make sense of the incident with logic and meter ran away from him in those lines.
Lines like "in the offing there" sound conversational, which sort of contrasts the grand theme of death. That seems to be part of his whole aesthetic.
What other people said about the meter might be right.
If you want a b.s. reason why he did it: Maybe the speaker's ability to comprehend or make sense of the incident with logic and meter ran away from him in those lines.