tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post6216487243782789985..comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Comments on Robert Frost's Banjo: "STOCK"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-35715285486022813352011-12-15T14:53:30.171-08:002011-12-15T14:53:30.171-08:00There are some very funny lines--I liked that part...There are some very funny lines--I liked that particular one myself. The whole send-up of taking stock--& you're right, taking stock in the poem's terms seems focused on place--is a wonderful mixture of comedy & seriousness.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-50762658779333504522011-12-15T09:46:02.684-08:002011-12-15T09:46:02.684-08:00This cracked me up:
His face, set deep inside hi...This cracked me up:<br /><br /><i> His face, set deep inside his oversized hood, was darker than night itself. In fact, he might have been death.</i><br /><br />Can't take stock without the thought of death. I like how part of taking stock in this poem seems to be a search for the right perspective to do it from (whatever "taking stock" actually means, when you think about it). You could see it as an activity of fixed duration, taking place during a pause in life, when you're sort of stepping outside of yourself and your routines... but life never pauses so it seems that all of life is taking stock, minute after minute.HKatzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17653570160517335758noreply@blogger.com