tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post3209760974730599405..comments2024-03-28T10:28:40.822-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: A Weight with Needles on the pounds --Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-70850355677536679362023-04-26T06:10:52.482-07:002023-04-26T06:10:52.482-07:00A heavy weight with needles attached
To push and e...A heavy weight with needles attached<br />To push and even pierce<br />And if the flesh resists the pain<br />The needles coolly try<br /><br />To find every pore <br />Of this complicated human soul ,<br />Which has as many ways of feeling pain <br />As species have names<br /><br />The “weight with needles” of this puzzle poem is thwarted love, in this case caused by Wadsworth's departure for San Francisco.<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-1387886090422982762018-11-05T09:56:22.247-08:002018-11-05T09:56:22.247-08:00I love your analysis of this poem. She has such a...I love your analysis of this poem. She has such a way of verbalizing the unutterable. Her picture of grief/sadness as two-fold is so powerful. Thanks again.Nathan Noblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486764091038404058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-23589164013694255392016-09-19T19:03:46.598-07:002016-09-19T19:03:46.598-07:00This poem confused me. Many thanks for clarifying...This poem confused me. Many thanks for clarifying.Davehttp://www.stressillness.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-28233536631409169092014-05-07T11:54:18.000-07:002014-05-07T11:54:18.000-07:00Has anyone ever analyzed this poem using Emily'...Has anyone ever analyzed this poem using Emily's copy of Webster's? <br />If one cross references EVERY definition-- Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, Adverbs and Prepositions, one arrives at the conclusion that she is describing the anguish of passionless, heterosexual intercourse. Quite bold and shocking for 1861!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com