tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post5676047442405165540..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: "I Am Your Old Intentions She Said And All Your Old Intentions Are Over"Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-59010293002090420482013-10-27T01:03:39.908-07:002013-10-27T01:03:39.908-07:00Bovey Belle: it's very nice to hear from you a...Bovey Belle: it's very nice to hear from you again. Thank you for visiting.<br /><br />Yes, Hardy did have a tendency to complicate things when it came to love and relationships, didn't he? But don't we all?<br /><br />I'm pleased to have introduced you to C. H. Sisson. I thought that the poem, as you suggest, fit well with "Neutral Tones" and "Ephemera," while having a more contemporary feel.<br /><br />As always, I appreciate hearing your thoughts. Thanks again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-25261570037847258182013-10-25T10:21:12.196-07:002013-10-25T10:21:12.196-07:00Ah, my old friend Thomas Hardy. He wasn't muc...Ah, my old friend Thomas Hardy. He wasn't much good at love was he? He always chose the wrong woman. I feel here, especially if the date it was written WAS 1867, the woman of the poem may well have been his cousin Tryphene Sparkes, with whom he briefly had a . . . dalliance. But his friend Horace Moule was Tryphena's choice . . . I do wonder if this ill-fated love affair guided the equally ill-fated plots for his melodramatic novels.<br /><br />You have chosen the poem of another poet unknown to me (there are many!) - Sisson - and again I thank you. Also for the explanation of "impend" used in that sense.<br /><br />Both have emotional links with the wonderfully atmospheric Yeats poem "Ephemera," you included last week. Of the three, I think that is my favourite.Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.com