tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post5225406583394580890..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: Wind Revisited: "The Sound Of The Trees"Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-34213739303515365082011-06-11T20:29:13.081-07:002011-06-11T20:29:13.081-07:00Mr. McMahon: thank you very much for your thoughts...Mr. McMahon: thank you very much for your thoughts, and for the reference to Eagleton. I have read a few articles and essays by him, but I haven't seen that particular book. I'll have to track it down. Thanks again.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-73519269049111766092011-06-10T21:53:46.267-07:002011-06-10T21:53:46.267-07:00Terry Eagleton in his 'How to Read a Poem'...Terry Eagleton in his 'How to Read a Poem' (Blackwell, 2007) also looks at Frost's frustrated dreams of escape.<br /><br />He says, of 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening', "The speaker is caught between continuing on his way in businesslike fashion and staying put to relish the sight of the snow... Perhaps it is not surprising that Frost, who was both a poet and a farmer, should feel a tension between an aesthetic and an instrumental attitude to nature. The poem may be about how he would like simply to be a poet, savouring the sounds and textures of things, but can't afford to do so."<br /><br />Incidentally Eagleton's book is highly recommended. It is classified as literary criticism yet manages to be clearly written and often humourous. Eagleton carries his immense learning lightly.Brian McMahonnoreply@blogger.com