Directness and simplicity in verse can be great virtues, and the best poets avail themselves of these. The great poet Herbert is most artful in his artless simplicity.
Love the whole thing, and your comments. I have to say, I think my favorite bit, as an "observational line," is that last line of the second verse, "Catching the sense at two removes?"
And I say that in full recognition that I often tend to enjoy trying to find sense at, say, three or four removes, if not more... :-) And -- perhaps? -- that sort of enjoyment simply makes the joy of the line quoted above all the more joyful.
And now I can't help but remember the line from Shakespeare's play, "Much Ado About Nothing" when Beatrice has essentially told the swooning Benedick off and then storms away, whence Benedick, under love's wayward sway, reasons thus:
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Ha! “Against my will I am sent to bid you come in to
dinner.” There’s a double meaning in that...
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It's a line my wife Angelee or I often used in sometime mockery of the other's seeming reprimand...
Thank you, Tony. As always, instructive and as always, lovely.
Love the whole thing, and your comments. I have to say, I think my favorite bit, as an "observational line," is that last line of the second verse, "Catching the sense at two removes?"
And I say that in full recognition that I often tend to enjoy trying to find sense at, say, three or four removes, if not more... :-) And -- perhaps? -- that sort of enjoyment simply makes the joy of the line quoted above all the more joyful.
And now I can't help but remember the line from Shakespeare's play, "Much Ado About Nothing" when Beatrice has essentially told the swooning Benedick off and then storms away, whence Benedick, under love's wayward sway, reasons thus:
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Ha! “Against my will I am sent to bid you come in to
dinner.” There’s a double meaning in that...
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It's a line my wife Angelee or I often used in sometime mockery of the other's seeming reprimand...