Hello all!
I'm creating this thread here as I haven't found Glyn Maxwell on the Author List. I am currently analyzing his poem Anything But the Case and could use some feedback on it. Here's the poem:
I believe the poem outlines, in general terms, an unhappy relationship between narrator and his/her spouse. I'm trying to pick up its sense from line 8 onwards, particularly the sense of the word case. Could someone please tell me if you feel that case here implies situation or facts, as I believe it does? Perhaps it's too obvious and the word here carries nothing but its usual meaning, but I'm consulting because, according to some pundits, Glyn Maxwell is a difficult poet and so I want to make sure I'm not missing something important here.
Whatever interpretation you can draw from the poem will be most welcome. Thanks beforehand!