11-23-2016, 02:02 PM
I wasn't asking for exegesis, or explanation of metaphor. I do have access to the internet, obviously. But I refuse to own an iPhone and often I take (sometimes printed out) hard copies of 'stuff' to places where I can read them without internet distraction (not easy to do, as I live in Silicon Valley!).
"Where do we stop with notes?" is a great point. But then, where do we stop with verse? Notes can be a part of a poem/verse; they bring the author into the poem, IF that's a transport the author might wish to make. I wasn't demanding notes. But this is a poem whose difficulty seems to reside most in its being infused at every turn with Filipino mythology. Eliot infused The Waste Land with abundant references to the Western literary canon, and he ultimately felt it necessary to supply the reader with notes.
Your post is most helpful in explaining why you chose to exile my post to a forum. Fair enough. Thank you!
"Where do we stop with notes?" is a great point. But then, where do we stop with verse? Notes can be a part of a poem/verse; they bring the author into the poem, IF that's a transport the author might wish to make. I wasn't demanding notes. But this is a poem whose difficulty seems to reside most in its being infused at every turn with Filipino mythology. Eliot infused The Waste Land with abundant references to the Western literary canon, and he ultimately felt it necessary to supply the reader with notes.
Your post is most helpful in explaining why you chose to exile my post to a forum. Fair enough. Thank you!