tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195907108786172736.post6991187805077121100..comments2023-03-29T12:32:19.224+02:00Comments on Compasses: What are the things which you wish that you knew?Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195907108786172736.post-59977812183672395622011-04-27T11:00:46.809+02:002011-04-27T11:00:46.809+02:00I like the philosophical distinction between knowi...I like the philosophical distinction between knowing and understanding which figures in the third stanza. The form is effectively balanced and controlled to bring out this distinction, and I think the poem turns on this.Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07642126053527835870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195907108786172736.post-76728426708422964762011-04-26T08:38:30.377+02:002011-04-26T08:38:30.377+02:00I wanted to comment on this one but am restraining...I wanted to comment on this one but am restraining my hand. I've just made an almighty cock-up in my blog (corrected by Lucy) and am wary for the moment of straying into territory I do not understand. After all I don't even know what an anapaest is. I have a problem with stress here and I think you'll have to give me a face-to-face primer at the BR on the eleventh. Sorry about this.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195907108786172736.post-7394590363458759952011-04-25T18:31:14.492+02:002011-04-25T18:31:14.492+02:00I enjoy the almost carefree (though you've wri...I enjoy the almost carefree (though you've written that it wasn't) manner in which you have brought these image-evoking words together.<br /><br />The rhythm and flow are perfect for the ideas the words present. I like the feeling this poem (and Lucy's before it) your poem give me, Joe. Thank you.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.com