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Originally Posted by victorbravo  I studied under the poet Richard Hugo. He was always very sceptical about trying to analyze poets like Eliot.
In discussing the meaning of poets, he would often say, "be careful about the poet who says 'I love you'. You never know if he means it or just likes the sound of the words."
Another anecdote involves Robert Frost, who was asked about the message behind "A Road Not Taken." Was it a reference to his choice of career or a major life decision?
He responded with a shrug that he was walking in the woods once and saw a fork in the road. He thought it would make a good poem. Quote:
Originally Posted by weinhold Let us go then, you and I, when the evening is spread out against the sky like a patient etherized upon a table . . .
What a great poet! | Paul, sometimes Prufrock makes my hair stand on end. "And in short, I was afraid." | R.Vic, I agree that Prufrock is neither necessarily (nor even probably) autobiographical nor optimistic. Still, I consider it a great poem.
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Paul Weinhold, Colleyville Presbyterian Church
Currently Reading: Critical Theory Since Plato, Poetry by John Donne, Solon of Athens, and Wallace Stevens
1 Corinthians 8:2-3 "If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God."
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