tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post5794877809595432739..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: YEATS’S “THE CAT AND MOON” AND THE NEW CRITICISM, PART 2Banjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-16894168505687582852009-11-07T23:46:10.017-05:002009-11-07T23:46:10.017-05:00Actually, I like the poem, especially after I read...Actually, I like the poem, especially after I read it aloud. And I don't mind the feeling of incompletion.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059415005282675289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-45400097152642022422009-11-07T11:21:15.578-05:002009-11-07T11:21:15.578-05:00The Wasteland would be major, with or without the ...The Wasteland would be major, with or without the scholars, with or without knowledge of the references. Now that's a poem in a major key, and although the last word is a whimper, it is said with the clash of cymbals. Or symbols.<br /><br />What's your favorite Yeats? I quite like him, but hadn't read any for years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-74140207459829571002009-11-07T09:33:37.366-05:002009-11-07T09:33:37.366-05:00Sounds as if you two, and maybe all three of us, a...Sounds as if you two, and maybe all three of us, are on the same page, or at least in the same book, though I think maybe I like the poem more than you do--maybe because it's not considered one of Yeats's major works, and I wonder if that's OK. Like students, maybe, I sometimes wonder if a writer or composer's major works become major because they're difficult enough to keep scholars busy. Immediately I think of Eliot's The Wasteland, but also some of Yeats's more exotic stuff. But I think most of the Yeats that's heralded deserves to be.<br /><br />Paula, I think most poets still assume that poetry is meant to be read aloud. Maybe you're sensing that--and hearing the sounds in your head--as you read? Sounds like a good thing to me.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-82965738395373694522009-11-06T16:09:25.480-05:002009-11-06T16:09:25.480-05:00I can't read poetry I have to speak it. Why is...I can't read poetry I have to speak it. Why is that? And I was left with a feeling of incompleteness too. Well, cats may be habitual but they're not very predictable.Paulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279321527653500244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-64380037843906205892009-11-06T10:36:54.871-05:002009-11-06T10:36:54.871-05:00Wish I knew enough about music to respond with con...Wish I knew enough about music to respond with confidence, but I think I agree. <br /><br />I've also heard that "a poem should end by landing on one foot, not two." Is that at all similar?Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-4332974744013840662009-11-05T21:27:34.031-05:002009-11-05T21:27:34.031-05:00I'll read this a second time tomorrow. But I t...I'll read this a second time tomorrow. But I think the poem is in a minor key, and as in music, it doesn't allow you to feel a true finish, a true resolution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com