Propter W.
09-22-2010, 08:46 AM
Robert Frost is my favourite poet (that might be because he's the only one I've actually read) but I often get the feeling that I'm missing the whole point, or the picture... Either way, I was wondering if you could tell me what you think Forst meant with a the following lines in Not Quite Social (A Further Range):
To punish me overcruelly wouldn't be right
For merely giving you once more gently proof
That the city's hold on a man is no more tight
Than when its walls rose higher than any roof
I don't know. I think poetry is difficult. I never know whether there's an actual meaning behind (a part of) it or whether the poet simply chose a word that rhymes or words that "feel right." It makes it dificult to enjoy.
Anyway, thanks.
To punish me overcruelly wouldn't be right
For merely giving you once more gently proof
That the city's hold on a man is no more tight
Than when its walls rose higher than any roof
I don't know. I think poetry is difficult. I never know whether there's an actual meaning behind (a part of) it or whether the poet simply chose a word that rhymes or words that "feel right." It makes it dificult to enjoy.
Anyway, thanks.