tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post5690330191204444330..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: SolsiticialNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-23726644791164068132013-12-24T18:07:50.061+00:002013-12-24T18:07:50.061+00:00I think so Guy - there seems to be a dead loved on...I think so Guy - there seems to be a dead loved one in the picture by the penultimate stanza...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-88253351527091999032013-12-24T14:07:25.059+00:002013-12-24T14:07:25.059+00:00Does it claim to be an epitaph Nige? Does it claim to be an epitaph Nige? Guy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-26451201155633076792013-12-24T12:53:30.207+00:002013-12-24T12:53:30.207+00:00Yes Guy, it certainly evokes an extreme of desolat...Yes Guy, it certainly evokes an extreme of desolation, and does it brilliantly. I wonder if it's really an epitaph though - there doesn't seem to be room in it for anyone but John Donne. The contrast with the Catherine Dyer epitaph is, I think, instructive...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-20851587386470411192013-12-23T18:48:31.825+00:002013-12-23T18:48:31.825+00:00It's an appalling evocation of desolation at t...It's an appalling evocation of desolation at the loss of a loved one. Painful and shocking to read. 'lean emptiness' and 'made us carcasses' is particularly shocking and reminds me of states of depression encountered in Hopkins' 'pitched past pitch of grief' in the Terrible Sonnets. It makes me shiver! GuyGuy Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02304053177188950094noreply@blogger.com