Hi Michael,
I'm back because I am not sure my first comment accurately said what I was thinking (and maybe I actually do not know what I am or was thinking). The poem right now has the N in present time and the reader's empathy is directed toward someone similar to them who is walking along pondering the past, and it makes a fine poem as is. I think what I was saying is that without the questions the N could have more of an omniscient voice that would put the reader more in empathy with the poem's inhabitants rather than with the pondering narrator. Rather than asking whether certain circumstances existed the N could present them as facts. That would be a different poem. What I do know is that the poem as is made a good first impression on me. Like Jayne, I'm curious whether you'll see any need for changes.
All the best,
Jim
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