tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post7164591951744520473..comments2023-10-11T06:50:10.494-04:00Comments on The Glass-Bottom Blog: Two versions of a trick; Lowell poem with catZedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-15031640504075184602011-04-18T16:07:35.717-04:002011-04-18T16:07:35.717-04:00Yes, a lot depends on how "textured" you...Yes, a lot depends on how "textured" you like your poetic language; Hill is v. much in the line of Hopkins, though less extreme. I would not agree that Lowell is using his eyes in the middle of this poem though; the images are stock images and (e.g.) "I'm for and with myself in my otherness" seems deliberately very flat writing.Zedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5145200404704322540.post-72845971298025806942011-04-18T14:26:39.897-04:002011-04-18T14:26:39.897-04:00I prefer L at the verbal level, probably because h...I prefer L at the verbal level, probably because he seems to use his eyes whereas H does a crocheting sort of thing with wordszbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14795831846754083167noreply@blogger.com