tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post6662813651909067540..comments2024-03-29T06:02:33.720-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: Put up my lute!Susan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-85216871175268677032023-05-20T15:02:31.397-07:002023-05-20T15:02:31.397-07:00Please pardon the "Anonymous".Please pardon the "Anonymous". Larry Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-71646681264695846642023-05-20T14:55:30.722-07:002023-05-20T14:55:30.722-07:00One of Franklin’s trusted handwriting clues for se...One of Franklin’s trusted handwriting clues for separating lower-case t from capitol T was whether ED’s horizontal stroke started to the left of and touched her vertical stroke or floated to the right without touching or just barely touched the vertical stroke (lower-case t). By that rule, the t of the final word, “them”, is clearly a capital T, which would change that word from an ordinary plural pronoun, “them”, to a third-person singular royal “Them”. <br /><br />The only person ED consistently addressed with a capital He, Him, or Master was Charles Wadsworth, who considered poetry a waste of time. Apparently, she couldn’t get him out of her head/heart, despite her parting gift of a sarcastic goodbye guilt trip, F322. Why Franklin did not follow his own rule in this case is a mystery to me.<br /><br />Here’s an interpretation:<br /><br />I might as well put up my lute! What use is my Music! The sole ear I cared to charm laps my music passively, like a granite hound. Sobbing would charm him just as well as poetry.<br /><br />I wish the broken desert statue, Memnon, would teach me the music that brought him to his knees when he surrendered to the earthquake of 27 BC. Maybe that would awaken His Majesty.<br /><br />A bit snooty, don’t you think? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-7100681067428397232022-07-13T09:45:09.156-07:002022-07-13T09:45:09.156-07:00I wonder if lapping her work means he sets it in h...I wonder if lapping her work means he sets it in his lap, not reading it. In other words, ignoring it?<br />Thanks so much for your blog. I read a few poems a week. Your analysis is very helpful. Quite the labor of love.Lauranoreply@blogger.com