Meeting and Passing - Robert Frost

By King Meera -
⦁ simple writing
⦁ pastoral images
⦁ starts with delight ends with reason
⦁ still a Romantic, but very subtle
⦁ (not raw, jarring - speaks of all things that cummings and Ezra Pound speak of, but with class and subtlety)
⦁ impressionism, expressionism
⦁ wall - separates his route from another's
⦁ "And had just..." reliving a memory; seeing and showing us what happened
⦁ Footprints - remnants of memories; great (important events) and small (of less consequence); impressions, not just images
⦁ Less than two (I am incomplete, I have lost me) but more than one (and taken on parts of you)
⦁ point of the parasol - at that one point we saw the true nature, the real shape, we saw with clarity the boundaries of our relationship
⦁ she smiles, recounting memories, without prejudice to him:
-> perhaps a past that he wasn't even a part of
-> she had many pretty memories before him but that doesn't forfeit the possibility of her being hapy in his presence
⦁ shared memories - understanding of each other's stories from before they met
⦁ you need to travel my road and I need to travel yours (as far as we've come in our lives)
⦁ uphill and downhill -metaphor for where they are in life
⦁ grammar confuses us - before and after what - past, present and future open to interpretation
⦁ gate represents hope of the possibility that they are not separated forever
⦁ transience of life (all things are temporary; even their separation, coming together, passing by, meeting, leaving - like In Love at First Sight
-> sight: not about where they first saw each other but about where they first met
-> small world, serendipity
-> Eoin Colfer's introduction of the character Mulch is actually a second introduction
⦁ Frost's poetry meant for the world, not specific to American landscape; universal
⦁ journey (very important, recurring theme in American literature), turning, change of direction
⦁ parasol also a shielding from the scorching heat of truth in memories
⦁ need not be bitter about separation

QUICK RECAP WITH BHAVANI MA'AM:

  • nature as images
  • transience, and movement (up&down; always there in his poetry)
  • temporal vs ephemeral
  • footprints are impressions in each other's lives
  • decimal: 1<x<2

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