Comments on: Poet: 1935 http://mindofwinter.org/2003/11/21/poet-1935/ A forum for discussing poems and poetry Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:11:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Brian http://mindofwinter.org/2003/11/21/poet-1935/#comment-16 Brian Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:53:51 +0000 http://mindofwinter.org/2003/11/21/poet-1935/#comment-16 See, on gravel paths under the windchime trees... perhaps not. See, on gravel paths under the windchime trees… perhaps not.

]]> By: Brian http://mindofwinter.org/2003/11/21/poet-1935/#comment-15 Brian Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:49:47 +0000 http://mindofwinter.org/2003/11/21/poet-1935/#comment-15 My current guess regarding "harpstrung trees" is willows or similarly viny trees. I take the distinguishing character of harpstrings as their being parallel in rows. Viny trees seem to reasonably approximate that. Also, there is the precedent of the Aeolian harp. Under this reading, I think they'd sound like rustling, which really isn't the characteristic sound of a harp. My current guess regarding “harpstrung trees” is willows or similarly viny trees. I take the distinguishing character of harpstrings as their being parallel in rows. Viny trees seem to reasonably approximate that. Also, there is the precedent of the Aeolian harp.

Under this reading, I think they’d sound like rustling, which really isn’t the characteristic sound of a harp.

]]> By: Michael http://mindofwinter.org/2003/11/21/poet-1935/#comment-14 Michael Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:36:06 +0000 http://mindofwinter.org/2003/11/21/poet-1935/#comment-14 I like this, though there are some odd constructions (e.g., "And he destroys, though flowers are his loves, / If love he can being no woman’s man."). Also, I have no idea what "harpstrung trees" might look (or sound) like. I think, though, that I could grow to appreciate this poem as I come to understand it better. Thanks for the post. I like this, though there are some odd constructions (e.g., “And he destroys, though flowers are his loves, / If love he can being no woman’s man.”). Also, I have no idea what “harpstrung trees” might look (or sound) like. I think, though, that I could grow to appreciate this poem as I come to understand it better. Thanks for the post.

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