tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post8604857202506529901..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Robert Frost, "The Draft Horse," William Logan, Literary Criticism and the Power of ThoughtBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-19004196743091695672011-08-25T19:57:13.598-04:002011-08-25T19:57:13.598-04:00I was on the road and let this go too long without...I was on the road and let this go too long without responding. Thanks to all. <br /><br />I'll say one thing: I don't mean to harp on Steinhem's "Everything political is personal," but it keeps bumping into me, and I cannot refute it. Nor do I wish to. <br /><br />I was surprised that the poem's characters led me to the Vonn. and Twain controversies, but they have been in the news. <br /><br />RuneE, I'm gonna let YOU mention Darwin to them. :)Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-89709716027985473222011-08-23T21:07:52.166-04:002011-08-23T21:07:52.166-04:00What I'm impressed with is your ability to cre...What I'm impressed with is your ability to create connections between an event taking place in our agrarian past to a 21st century censorship issue. We may be living through a period of fear where events such as that taking place in the schools, become more frequent. When there is fear, it's always followed by a drive to reign in language and free thought.<br /><br />the travelers and horse seemed voiceless in this poemPasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-16653825025577475592011-08-23T11:52:35.009-04:002011-08-23T11:52:35.009-04:00I can't tolerate Frost. He bores me. He tries ...I can't tolerate Frost. He bores me. He tries to say so much and, in the end, says little --- if anything --- at all.Jeff Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-59103120106042437922011-08-23T10:32:07.121-04:002011-08-23T10:32:07.121-04:00Seems like censorship by another name. Just mentio...Seems like censorship by another name. Just mention Charles Darwin to the same bunch ...Rune Eidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008247272056395901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-23847950503004576312011-08-22T10:52:22.393-04:002011-08-22T10:52:22.393-04:00Fascinating, both the poem and where it led you. M...Fascinating, both the poem and where it led you. My first thought was that this has to do with religion and inability to ask the big questions once you give it all up for the lord. Let me think some more before I read the analysis.<br /><br />(Grove looks limitless when you're in the middle of it. Also, your road photos are always superb.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-20989909732618437102011-08-22T08:20:45.855-04:002011-08-22T08:20:45.855-04:00Such an upsetting poem---point of view is bizarre ...Such an upsetting poem---point of view is bizarre in it.Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-85628683584544880622011-08-22T07:15:50.726-04:002011-08-22T07:15:50.726-04:00The poem reads more like some historical narrative...The poem reads more like some historical narrative or a journal entry. I wouldn't have thought it was a poem, poem. I really enjoyed it but feel sorry for the horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-54784499989015280592011-08-21T17:48:25.479-04:002011-08-21T17:48:25.479-04:00And as Logan points out, neither of the two people...And as Logan points out, neither of the two people in the buggy were the wife in "Home Burial". What a dichotomy of characters!Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-78928800702138682182011-08-21T17:45:43.579-04:002011-08-21T17:45:43.579-04:00What a great unknown poem. Love Logan's line &...What a great unknown poem. Love Logan's line "Frost is good at telling more than we realize."<br />Logan is good at pointing out 'things' we/I missed in reading this poem. I agree with Logan that the 'couple's' reaction to the murder of the horse is hardly the point of the poem. It is an afterthought. And it requires 'more strength' than I can muster!!<br />What a great unknown poem. I want to know more...<br />Excellent as always, Banjomyn!Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.com