tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post4872341236013820583..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: Life Explained, Part Eight: "Happiness Makes Up In Height For What It Lacks In Length"Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-66207687208004009742010-12-08T17:10:39.345-08:002010-12-08T17:10:39.345-08:00It is a pleasure to hear from you again, Mark. Giv...It is a pleasure to hear from you again, Mark. Given your great knowledge of, and expertise on, Frost, I am honored that you are dropping in -- but I need to keep on my toes when writing about Frost when you are around! <br /><br />Thank you for the link to the College Hill Review letters on 'interval.' Coincidentally, Patrick Kurp of Anecdotal Evidence forwarded the link to me earlier this week as well. Yes, the correspondence does show Frost the leg-puller in action! I first came across 'intervale' (with the 'e') a long time ago in the poem 'Again' by Howard Nemerov. Nemerov taught at Bennington for a while -- perhaps that is where he picked up the word. It is great to have the additional information about the word, not to mention the wonderful material on Frost.<br /><br />Thank you again, Mark.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-37320570311468959942010-12-08T16:53:24.561-08:002010-12-08T16:53:24.561-08:00Thank you for visiting again, Shelley. And thank y...Thank you for visiting again, Shelley. And thank you for the kind words about this blog.<br /><br />Yes, 'Tender Mercies' is a wonderful movie -- one of the many fine works by Horton Foote. And Robert Duvall is, of course, remarkable in it.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-63131657113025768602010-12-07T17:45:20.618-08:002010-12-07T17:45:20.618-08:00Thanks, Stephen. Glad to see all the Frost coming ...Thanks, Stephen. Glad to see all the Frost coming as we fall into winter. (And also the Thomas.) Below is a link to a previously unpublished letter from Frost to his old friend George Browne, co-founder of the Browne and Nichols school in Cambridge. I think you'll find it amusing. It has all of RF's wit and doggedness (as to precision) in it:<br /><br />http://www.collegehillreview.com/006/0060101.html<br /><br />Best,<br />MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-53688809589050430302010-12-07T17:31:38.184-08:002010-12-07T17:31:38.184-08:00p.s. Feel free to delete this, but I just noticed ...p.s. Feel free to delete this, but I just noticed that you have Tender Mercies listed as your favorite movie.<br /><br />The man who wrote that film changed my life. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have a website.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-24075750427062675902010-12-07T17:30:00.715-08:002010-12-07T17:30:00.715-08:00You're quite right. You're quoting my all-...You're quite right. You're quoting my all-time favorite critic: I pine for a twenty-first century Randall Jarrell.<br /><br />Thanks for a lovely website.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-46834741075686577742010-12-06T11:03:10.862-08:002010-12-06T11:03:10.862-08:00Shelley: Thank you very much for visiting and comm...Shelley: Thank you very much for visiting and commenting.<br /><br />Yes, the veneer of simplicity can be deceiving. On the other hand, as I have mentioned before, when Frost dons his Yankee Philosopher hat he is in fact too simple. I like this remark by Randall Jarrell in 'To the Laodiceans': '[Frost's] Complete Poems have the air of being able to educate any faithful reader into tearing out a third of the pages, reading a third, and practically wearing out the rest.'<br /><br />Thank you again, Shelley.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-86769144156588904522010-12-05T16:13:58.745-08:002010-12-05T16:13:58.745-08:00Nothing if not crafty hits the nail right on the h...Nothing if not crafty hits the nail right on the head. He's my favorite poet, but any reader that rejoices in Frost's simplicity is being laughed at behind his back.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlpoetry.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com