tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post3871058349926884981..comments2024-03-28T11:04:36.401-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: If What we could — were what we would —Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-13665856089019469652023-11-18T17:47:18.747-08:002023-11-18T17:47:18.747-08:00A Google translation from Portuguese:
If what we ...A Google translation from Portuguese:<br /><br />If what we could - was what we would like -<br />Criterion - be light -<br />The most sublime thing in a speech -<br />The impotence of saying -Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-33461018121780940532023-11-18T15:08:32.609-08:002023-11-18T15:08:32.609-08:00Wow! All that entertainment, and frustration ☺, in...Wow! All that entertainment, and frustration ☺, in only 21 words. <br />Talk about pleasure and pain!<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-51038888426704257412020-04-11T10:58:37.369-07:002020-04-11T10:58:37.369-07:00Generally tough with Dickinson. For me, the intere...Generally tough with Dickinson. For me, the interesting difficulty in this poem is to what "It is" refers to. I think it refers to the idea that not doing/having what you would want to do/have is the Ultimate of Talk (rich, meaningful discussion). Communicating that you got or did what you wanted is simply telling, and such a conversation is not very potent.<br /><br />However, one could argue that there is always a story about getting or doing what you have wanted. The more I reread this poem the more ambiguities I find. I'm glad you brought it back to my attention.<br />Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-90338506700252450242020-04-10T20:56:58.944-07:002020-04-10T20:56:58.944-07:00If what we could get what we wanted to have...
we ...If what we could get what we wanted to have...<br />we wouldn't need to weigh various considerations / criteria; there would be a 'small' number of criteria needed.<br />Does that help?Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-47783023326517255862020-04-09T15:38:28.103-07:002020-04-09T15:38:28.103-07:00Se o que pudéssemos - fosse o que gostaríamos -
C...Se o que pudéssemos - fosse o que gostaríamos - <br />Critério - seja leve - <br />O que há de mais sublime em um discurso - <br />A Impotência de dizer - <br /><br />The poem in portugueseAntonio Zumpanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827624350984488798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-67211083271493122512020-04-09T14:15:16.320-07:002020-04-09T14:15:16.320-07:00It is impossible to do a syntax analysis of the te...It is impossible to do a syntax analysis of the text. Antonio Zumpanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827624350984488798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-82715179416709850722020-04-09T10:50:09.647-07:002020-04-09T10:50:09.647-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Antonio Zumpanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827624350984488798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-38633393264838377252020-04-09T10:49:17.572-07:002020-04-09T10:49:17.572-07:00Please, might you say something about the second l...Please, might you say something about the second line?Antonio Zumpanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827624350984488798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-28670963595466841842014-06-27T20:39:47.609-07:002014-06-27T20:39:47.609-07:00Thank you,Lee. I took an Arizona vacation and then...Thank you,Lee. I took an Arizona vacation and then have been super busy catching back up. I am feeling the need to get back to Dickinson. Thanks again for being encouraging!Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-39719111967797325972014-06-27T20:25:21.586-07:002014-06-27T20:25:21.586-07:00During the time between poetry postings, I have a ...During the time between poetry postings, I have a chance to read the poems and essays covered before I discovered the Prowling Bee. It surely is a remarkable undertaking and the site itself is so well designed - visually plush. Thank you for sharing your insights into the poetry of ED. Hopefully, when you cover all the poems, you will begin again and accumulate even more comments. There would be a certain appropriateness ("circumference") to looping around each time you reach the end.<br />Lee SilverwoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-63063716757720117682014-06-02T18:37:06.899-07:002014-06-02T18:37:06.899-07:00"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of ..."Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea."<br />(Henry Fielding) Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-45952137235676434832014-06-02T17:23:32.316-07:002014-06-02T17:23:32.316-07:00"If wishes were horses, then beggars would ri..."If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com