tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post4920853792922380115..comments2024-03-28T18:48:28.471-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: 'Tis Anguish grander than DelightSusan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-92180432649729444742023-01-11T13:52:36.772-08:002023-01-11T13:52:36.772-08:00Well… that’s interesting! But would be stronger, t...Well… that’s interesting! But would be stronger, to me, if ‘to die’ were in the poem vs. emphasis on Resurrection.<br />Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-1089848943448793862022-12-26T22:02:40.077-08:002022-12-26T22:02:40.077-08:00A one-stanza Variant A, composed about 1861, prece...A one-stanza Variant A, composed about 1861, preceded the two-stanza Variant B, which dates from about 1865 (Franklin 1998). Variant A was a single quatrain, very similar to Stanza 2 of Variant B, comprising a note addressed “Sue” and signed “Emily”, but with a different first line and the word “Victory” instead of "Miracle”. <br /><br />The first line may refer to an intimate morning they had shared during the early 1850s before Austin entered the picture, or the line could refer to eternal consummation of their love in heaven.<br /><br />"I'm thinking on that other morn -- <br />When Cerements -- let go -- <br />And Creatures -- clad in Victory -- <br />Go up -- by two -- and two!"<br />Larry Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-73369402106803706282022-12-26T15:49:57.748-08:002022-12-26T15:49:57.748-08:00‘To experience sexual orgasm’ is a time-honored de...‘To experience sexual orgasm’ is a time-honored definition of ‘to die’ (Oxford English Dictionary, downloaded 12/26/2022):<br /><br />1600, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing,<br /><br />Claudius:. “Nay but I know who loves him…and in despite of all, dies for him.” <br />Prince: “She shall be buried with her face upwards.”<br /><br />1712 Alexander Pope, Rape of Locke, <br />“Nor fear'd the Chief th' unequal Fight to try, Who sought no more than on his Foe to die.”<br /><br />1974, John Denver, Annie's Song, “Come let me love you... Let me die in your arms.”<br /><br />Whatever immortal leanings ED might have attached to this little ditty, she was far too well versed in literature to have been oblivious to its sexual connotations: <br /><br />Stanza 1, Expectations of ecstasy and a little perfunctory doubt about whether the smitten twosome think proceeding wise. <br /><br />Stanza 2, Thrills of wild transport, naked bodies clad in peace that passeth all understanding, dripping with divinity (Philippians 4:7).<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.com