tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post3260890029183527828..comments2024-02-25T01:48:45.848-07:00Comments on Mr. Center's Wall: A CITY SUNSET, by T.E. HulmeJoseph Centerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00090686611405364311noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-64401803197840497822014-05-09T18:58:48.091-06:002014-05-09T18:58:48.091-06:00By TE HULME
* "A melancholy spirit, the mind...By TE HULME<br /><br />* "A melancholy spirit, the mind like the great desert lifeless, and the sound of march music in the street, passes like a wave over the desert, unifies it, but then goes."<br /><br />* "With a courtly bow the bent tree sighed,<br />May I present you to my friend the sun."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-33022316603047282042011-01-04T14:53:16.175-07:002011-01-04T14:53:16.175-07:00As I'm yet learning more about Hulme, it turns...As I'm yet learning more about Hulme, it turns out he's been pigeon-holed. He has some poems that are imagistic (though I believe they all hold imagistic qualities), but they branch and reach into other areas. The man was Renaissance to be sure.Joseph Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090686611405364311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-71882077079107039992010-12-08T14:47:01.346-07:002010-12-08T14:47:01.346-07:00Interesting contrast between Cytherea and Lady Cas...Interesting contrast between Cytherea and Lady Castlemain: Cytheria is another name for either Aphrodite or Mother Earth; Lady Castlemain was one of King Charles's II mistresses, labeled "curse of the nation," by one, and noted for promiscuity and grouchiness.Joseph Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090686611405364311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-61391619499089733742010-12-08T10:48:58.927-07:002010-12-08T10:48:58.927-07:00Based on other poems, he doesn't exactly do st...Based on other poems, he doesn't exactly do stanzas. The closest he gets is in The Embankment with his subtitle, and then--if it's intended to refer only to the poem immediately under it, though I'm not sure that's the case--Mana Aboda has an introductory sentence. But this poem seems to have two stanzas, just not divided. There is the first 7, which are a pretty concrete image--different from anything else he's done--and there's the metaphor, which essentially repeats the first 7. It seems to be a two-part demonstration of the concept he discusses after The Red Dancer.Joseph Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090686611405364311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-77392387691845272362010-12-08T10:41:26.209-07:002010-12-08T10:41:26.209-07:00I think you're right actually. The first 7 li...I think you're right actually. The first 7 lines may not be useLESS, but I'm not sure they're all that useFUL.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708022607046379611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-75000505716485294712010-12-08T09:33:22.551-07:002010-12-08T09:33:22.551-07:00Some of the imagist works are as long or even a li...Some of the imagist works are as long or even a little longer than this, but most of it remains on the short side. Hulme, I think, just did it better than anyone else. This one, to me, seems less efficient than his others. But take a look: if you were to delete 7 lines, it much more closely resembles his others. So why did he opt to keep the first half? Does it add so much? Or is this an example--as it is one of his first--of an immaturity?Joseph Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090686611405364311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395948500312534280.post-53594817820947119072010-12-08T07:40:57.489-07:002010-12-08T07:40:57.489-07:00Interesting. I think I'm more used to shorter...Interesting. I think I'm more used to shorter imagist poems, but maybe I just haven't read a wide enough selection.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708022607046379611noreply@blogger.com