Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 17:53:23 -0500
From: George Trail <gtrail-AT-UH.EDU>
Subject: Re: PLC: A good poem for early November


Nice read Professor B. Have a shot at this If you would.

Houses and rooms are full of perfumes, the shelves are
	crowded with perfumes,
I breathe the fragrance myself ad know it and like it,
The distillation would intoxicate me also but I shall
	 not let it.


>Damn it, George, will you stop waving that red
>flag in front of me.

[Not while we both draw breath.]
>
>As much as you might not want to hear it, I agree
>that the poem "13 Ways.." is a much better poem
>that "Stopping..."  Sorry to disappoint you.

[I am now more devoted than ever.]
>
>As for meter, except for the first line, the meter
>is "falling,"  Haven't looked at the  rest of the
>poem. Is it also falling?
>
>The calmness of the diction is stunning.
>
>The two iambics in the first two feet of the
>first line set up very nicely the trochee in the
>third foot, stressing the "which" indicating
>puzzlement. Nice meeting of meaning...woops"
>Meaning... and form.
>
>The second line I read--The BEAUty of inFLECtions-
>
>The third line I leave to you.

[Or the EAUty of innuENdoes],
>
>The penultimate__The BLACKbird WHISTling
>
>The last--a pyrrhic and a trochee.
>Lovely ending to fine imagery.
>
>Is that vulgar enough, Percy?
>
>By the way, George, "Sunday Morning" is another
>example of a perfect poem in my opinion.
>
>BTW, Dover Beach has that same quiet confidence
>in Stevens' "Blackbirds" above.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Bill
>
>WILLIAM BALL, Professor of Humanities




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