Timeline for Why is the robin "sobbing"?
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May 3, 2018 at 21:14 | vote | accept | Rand al'Thor♦ | ||
Feb 25, 2018 at 0:08 | history | edited | Will Crawford | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Feb 24, 2018 at 19:10 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor♦ | Your analysis of "The Clod and the Pebble" is interesting enough that I've posted a new question about it :-) I thought better to take it over there rather than poking you for more info here, in a Q&A which is actually about a different poem. | |
Feb 23, 2018 at 20:51 | history | edited | Will Crawford | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Feb 23, 2018 at 20:30 | comment | added | Will Crawford | You would not believe how many different websites and “blogs” have recycled versions of “The n Greek words for love” (with n from 3 to 8 so far) … | |
Feb 23, 2018 at 20:21 | history | edited | Will Crawford | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Feb 23, 2018 at 19:09 | comment | added | Will Crawford | (I'll have to get my copy of The Four Loves out, had it here a moment ago, forget my own head next, etc.) | |
Feb 23, 2018 at 19:08 | comment | added | Will Crawford | I'll have a look for the image, and tweak the Lewis reference, but it was his particular descriptions I was thinking of (he cites and rebuts what is essentially the Pebble's view of ’erōs). | |
Feb 23, 2018 at 16:06 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor♦ | Wow, the edits really transform this answer! Originally I was thinking of downvoting it, but now I've given it an upvote instead :-) A couple more points: 1) it would be great if you could find a picture of the illustration @PeterShor refers to and include it in this answer to support the lover/child interpretation; 2) you attribute the agape/eros thing to CS Lewis, but it actually goes back to the ancient Greeks. | |
Feb 23, 2018 at 13:28 | comment | added | Will Crawford | Thank you ... I somehow missed the point even after researching all those opinions(!) | |
Feb 23, 2018 at 13:25 | history | edited | Will Crawford | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Feb 23, 2018 at 13:08 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @WillCrawford: you did a excellent job of including all the various interpretations, quite the opposite of cherry-picking (and exactly what I needed to make the connection I did). | |
Feb 23, 2018 at 12:56 | history | edited | Will Crawford | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Feb 23, 2018 at 12:50 | comment | added | Will Crawford | @PeterShor this is why I was withholding judgement :o) I thought for a moment you meant I was cherry-picking. Well, yes, intentionally, to show the different (as you point out, extreme and erroneously polarised) views. | |
Feb 23, 2018 at 12:41 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @WillCrawford: The article in The Colby Quarterly is cherry-picking. The image in The Blossom contains both a pair of lovers and a mother with child. The obvious interpretation would be that the first stanza goes with the lovers and the second with the mother (clearly the right order). | |
Feb 23, 2018 at 12:14 | comment | added | Will Crawford | ... and I'm done. Literary criticism, however ridiculous I find most of it, is quite hard work :o) | |
Feb 23, 2018 at 12:13 | history | edited | Will Crawford | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Feb 23, 2018 at 11:27 | comment | added | Will Crawford | I do try! I guess anecdata are the most common form of evidence when it comes to language, comprehension and literature. I'm scouring my browser history now ... | |
Feb 23, 2018 at 11:00 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor♦ | "It seems likely Blake's intent was to show how two people in apparently identical circumstances can seem very happy or very sad." - OK, that makes more sense. With this interpretation, "The Blossom" would fit well with his other poem "The Clod and the Pebble". (In fact, maybe you could add this comparison to your answer, as support for your conclusion about the poem?) Could you also add links to those "two almost diametrically opposed analyses"? It's always nice to back it up :-) | |
Feb 22, 2018 at 23:51 | comment | added | Will Crawford | @Randal'Thor I've tried to improve this by adding a hint of an explanation. I think I'd not actually read any WB since I was at school, so it's likely I've missed a majority of the shallows, let alone depths, of the poem. Would you have any further questions? | |
Feb 22, 2018 at 23:48 | history | edited | Will Crawford | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Feb 22, 2018 at 22:34 | comment | added | Will Crawford | It's not the "deep" meaning, it's just a possible explanation of his choice of the bird :) | |
Feb 22, 2018 at 22:23 | comment | added | Rand al'Thor♦ | Since it's Blake, I strongly suspect there's more to it than just "robin song sounds sad". Also, although it does sound melancholy, it doesn't actually sound like sobbing as such. | |
Feb 22, 2018 at 18:57 | history | answered | Will Crawford | CC BY-SA 3.0 |