tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post8388178406239713038..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: "The Hundred Last Leaves Stream Upon The Willow"Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-38370526105050918552011-10-31T11:38:10.265-07:002011-10-31T11:38:10.265-07:00Thanks, Fred. I should, though, issue a disclaime...Thanks, Fred. I should, though, issue a disclaimer on the crab: my opinion about whether Thomas had Eliot in mind is just that -- an opinion.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-33168253314858307092011-10-28T23:48:27.581-07:002011-10-28T23:48:27.581-07:00Stephen,
Probably so. I know next to nothing abo...Stephen,<br /><br />Probably so. I know next to nothing about Thomas.<br /><br />It was the juxtaposition of crab and age passing that triggered the thought about Eliot.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-20999198447843665442011-10-28T21:36:18.914-07:002011-10-28T21:36:18.914-07:00zmkc: thank you for visiting, and for the kind wor...zmkc: thank you for visiting, and for the kind words. Your recent blog entries suggest that you have been on the road again, so I appreciate your taking the time to drop by.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-58879819573165686342011-10-28T21:32:28.690-07:002011-10-28T21:32:28.690-07:00Fred: Thomas's daughter said that the poem was...Fred: Thomas's daughter said that the poem was about "a stone out-building" located in the garden of a friend's house in which Thomas liked to work when he stayed with the friend. I think that the reference to "the dark house" is more reflective of Thomas's melancholy moods than of anything related to the building. For a poem which does reflect gloom about a specific house, please take a look at his "The New House."<br /><br />I'm not so sure about any reference to Eliot in the crab. Although "Prufrock" was published in London in 1915, and although Thomas kept abreast of new poetry, I think that any crab would have come out of Thomas's own experience.<br /><br />As always, thank you for your thoughts, Fred, and for stopping by.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-58400212956382907112011-10-27T23:57:48.064-07:002011-10-27T23:57:48.064-07:00I haven't had an opportunity to look at your b...I haven't had an opportunity to look at your blog of late. It is very nice to be back among its pages.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-41225694716253694992011-10-27T09:48:56.697-07:002011-10-27T09:48:56.697-07:00Stephen,
I don't know--something disturbing h...Stephen,<br /><br />I don't know--something disturbing here. Thomas' poem seems to hint at a dark history for the cottage, especially the third stanza.<br /><br />The crab imagery in the fourth--a bit of Eliot there?Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.com