09-05-2021, 08:45 PM
(09-05-2021, 10:25 AM)busker Wrote: this part I found to be Yeatsian, Eliotian, whatever you want to call it. It's fantastic poetry. The rest of the poem didn't quite match the quality of this middle part, IMO. But I think a poem with a shorter beginning and end, and this middle part as the core, would be worthwhile considering.Thanks Busker. I will ponder the fragment you've pointed out.
On another note, it's interesting how a 12th century vision of hell, uninformed by even a fraction of the knowledge that we possess today, continues to inspire. I suppose, in the end, we are all in our individual dark woods, still looking for the straight path. And it's not the straight path of the Al-Fatiha, which predates the Commedia by a few hundred years.
I've now educated myself on the Islamic vision of Hell. Very interesting parallels. Thanks for the tip.