tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post4662845605116976241..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: "Interval"Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-62644085987099624212012-05-27T18:30:47.449-07:002012-05-27T18:30:47.449-07:00alice c: thank you very much for your kind words. ...alice c: thank you very much for your kind words. I haven't had a chance to read that book yet, but I intend to. <br /><br />I'm pleased that you found your way here.<br /><br />Thanks again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-56857872940229278552012-05-27T18:28:05.332-07:002012-05-27T18:28:05.332-07:00Fred: you see that element quite a bit in Tanner&#...Fred: you see that element quite a bit in Tanner's work in particular. He was also fond of using the moon in that fashion. Thanks for the thoughts.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-45679924638174922142012-05-27T14:30:07.919-07:002012-05-27T14:30:07.919-07:00I am delighted to stumble across your blog - parti...I am delighted to stumble across your blog - particularly as I have just finished reading 'Now all roads lead to France' the excellent biography of the last years of Edward Thomas and the Dymock group of poets that formed just before the war. Thank you for this illuminating post.alice chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-57475860704033997612012-05-26T15:08:52.780-07:002012-05-26T15:08:52.780-07:00Stephen,
Yes, both are rather dark for the most p...Stephen,<br /><br />Yes, both are rather dark for the most part except for that one burst of light on or behind the dwelling place. The light seems strangely constrained or perhaps contained.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-26856744028749342332012-05-24T22:05:08.322-07:002012-05-24T22:05:08.322-07:00Fred: the similarity in styles of Tanner and Drury...Fred: the similarity in styles of Tanner and Drury is probably attributable to the fact that they were both influenced by Samuel Palmer, whose work has appeared here a number of times. I'm sure that, in particular, you noticed the light effects, which are very reminiscent of a number of Palmer's engravings.<br /><br />As ever, thanks for dropping by, and for your comment.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-17041065612284078462012-05-24T22:01:38.269-07:002012-05-24T22:01:38.269-07:00Bovey Belle: thank you very much for visiting agai...Bovey Belle: thank you very much for visiting again, and for your thoughts on ET. Yes, I think that the beech hangers near Steep appear in a few of his poems. Another example is "The Path", which begins: "Running along a bank, a parapet/That saves from the precipitous wood below/The level road, there is a path."<br /><br />I agree that he did not miss anything. Reading his prose confirms this. And many of these close observations worked their way into his poems, as you know.<br /><br />Thanks again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-85080359328178063382012-05-24T20:38:32.747-07:002012-05-24T20:38:32.747-07:00Stephen,
I at first thought the two paintings wer...Stephen,<br /><br />I at first thought the two paintings were by the same person. They both have that gnomish look about them, if than makes any sense. They appear to be illustrations one might find in a book of fairy tales.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-84777423485606059042012-05-24T03:16:31.160-07:002012-05-24T03:16:31.160-07:00Ah, finally someone I know a little about! Edward...Ah, finally someone I know a little about! Edward Thomas - the man - the poet - saw the world through a sharp clear eye. He once said he wished he could give that clarity of vision to his wife Helen (who saw the world through different eyes, as did friend Eleanor Farjeon). He really did SEE the tiniest details and jotted down little scraps of description which grew into verse when he finally DID begin to gravitate towards poetry. <br /><br />One image here - and I don't doubt it is the beech hangers above Steep, the village near Petersfield where he spent several years whilst his children attended Bedales school - but such clarity. His boyhood apprenticeship with the writings of naturalist Richard Jefferies served him well. <br /><br />Your perceptive understanding of this poem gives me a more holistic understanding of it now. Thank you.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.com