tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post3880215779702043048..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: A Touch More on YeatsBanjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-72996591569070491622009-11-11T20:52:24.836-05:002009-11-11T20:52:24.836-05:00AH, great.
Barbaro, not heresy, but a real respon...AH, great.<br /><br />Barbaro, not heresy, but a real response would mean a longer dialogue than this space allows. Also, I doubt if anyone can force someone else to LIKE a poet or poem. By trying that kind of coercion, teachers have been failing students for decades--or centuries? But your response interests me, and I'll try to find a forum for it before too long. Also, if too many classical allusions, how about all those Gaelic allusions?Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-38625160184909910352009-11-10T20:44:10.243-05:002009-11-10T20:44:10.243-05:00The last line is one for the record books, certain...The last line is one for the record books, certainly. <br /><br />But I must confess, I don't "get" Yeats. I've tried: I've read dozens of his poems, even visited his house in Dublin and grave in ??? (killer epitaph, by the way), but he continues to leave me cold. Formalism in its death throes. Way too many classical illusions, too little honest confession(alism).<br /><br />Had enough heresy yet?Barbarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038516078498541056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-79217469464123635662009-11-08T16:05:57.219-05:002009-11-08T16:05:57.219-05:00Now I remember why I liked Yeats. Thank you.Now I remember why I liked Yeats. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com