Thanks, Roger, for reminding me about that poem, which I've read years ago but the video gave me lots more insight into it. I learned a lot. The only aspect they didn't bring up was the meter and rhythm of the poem. But the discussion about alliteration, form, repetition of words (especially the way "cold" was developed), theme, content, and emotion were really interesting.
Incidentally, the place I first encountered this poem was in a book entitled The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (Mark Strand and Evan Boland).
Last edited by Martin Elster; 01-13-2021 at 07:54 PM.
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