The final image affects my sense of it & prompts me to reread the previous images by overshadowing the original emotion. Everything seemed so happy & content but it really wasn’t. This goes back to the same quotes people use, “Don’t envy no one because you don’t know the life they really live”. I mean the fact that they don’t make eye contact with one another shows that she respects her husband & his word on things. She waits til he falls asleep to show her facial expression of true emotions. She can be unhappy with him or unhappy with their situation. I believe she’s unhappy with what ever situation they are in and I believe the man has learned to accept it.
The pattern I detected was the reuse of some lines such as,
“ thru the enormous meadow, which was the meadow of the world” & “without looking at each other”
These lines were repeated to keep the reader informed about the specific area of life & personality of the characters.
The epiphany is a dark one, simply because depression is a dark & hollow path. The epiphany was showing that they world may be of beauty but not every aspect of it is beautiful. You can live in a big mansion & have all the money in the world but that won’t necessarily make you happy because you can lack something that will lead you into depression. Something like having no family, broken heart, etc.
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ReplyDeleteYou are right that appearances are deceiving. I think the signs to see the substance are sometimes too subtle. Or maybe they seem subtle because people forget to truly look. That's why I love this poem. When I read it first I didn't truly look. I though it illustrated a serene moment. Only after the ending that was so direct and sad I opened my eye to see indeed the substance.
ReplyDeleteI actually disagree I feel ;ike this couple was so emotionally and spiritually attached .I feel like every symbol and emotion in the poem until the very end was leading up to the very end. The beauty of life v.s. a sudden loss of it. She felt him so much until she could feel him no more (his soul)
ReplyDeleteSee my comments on Constanza Rehren's and Diana Arutyunyan's blogs in previous classes, and Floria's blog, in current blogs.
ReplyDeleteRight--things are not as they seem--but this is apparent in the imagery from the outset...