Hi everyone,
John Cassidy wrote that his poetry often begins "with an attempt to register an observation or experience which seems worth preserving for its own sake." He believes that subsequent examination of the description (ie. reading it carefully a few times in a row) should uncover the initially implicit meaning. Still, the entire poem "remains a process of discovery."
(These quotes are from a response to an overview critique on his works. The link to the article is here.)
I found a blog post analysis of this poem that has some pretty strong observations. Use it to get ideas and flesh out your existing notes. We'll have covered a lot of this in class.
Another live one, and thus a poet with lesser quantity of available research content, in terms of Number of Interwebs Posts to Wade Through. Definitely check out Mr. Sir.
Remember to check our course book on Free Verse and regularity. This one is big on imagery. If I were you, I'd continually come back to one of the last thoughts I shared with you (at least, I hope I remembered to... writing this post in advance!): There are two MAIN characters - the father and the son(s) - the symbolism of the imagery may be interpreted differently depending on which character's perspective we are considering.
Have fun!
- T. Marcus
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