[Ttha-potm] Last-ditch effort for April

[carolynmcgrathuk at yahoo.co.uk]

Betty wrote: 'As  "Joys of Memory"  has elicited very scant response, I must conclude that it is either not too popular, too slight to attract much comment, or, most of our subscribers are on Spring Break and are having far too much fun!'
 
I can't comment on the first or third of these speculations, but surely the second cannot be the case? This very Hardyan poem does not strike me as 'slight' so I wonder what criteria people would use to make such a distinction. Is this poem anthologised frequently, for example? Do people think the argument fails to flow sufficiently well, that the jump to "till I house with dust" is too sudden?
 
On a personal level, this poem has become associated in my mind with 'By the Runic Stone', which did excite a lot of comment from subscribers. It may just be the referral to 'whiling...away' the hours and the word 'zest' that does that (plus an acknowledged inclination on my part to view both poems as possibly referring to a biographical 'anniversary' of some sort).
 
Anyway, back to work tomorrow - happy summer term to all teachers on the site
 
best wishes
 
Carolyn
 
Carolyn McGrath


      
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