[New-Poetry] for the Bob-list

[Bob Grumman]

Robin Hamilton wrote:
>> Just what rereading is produced could be a matter for further debate, 
>> of course.
>
> Naturally, for it to be worth re-reading, it has to be worth reading 
> in the first place.
>
> Which is the thrust of Bob's analysis, which I don't disagree with but 
> feel ignores a rather relevant contextual area.
>
> Robin
Actually, so far I've only given a reading of what the poem explicitly 
says, and clearly connotes.  That excludes anything it might say as a 
result of its context, not only in the sonnet sequence but in the times 
of its composition.  I'll treat that as part of my discussion of what I 
call its referentiality.  At that time, I hope you'll chip in with 
details of the poem's radicalness or whatever it is I've so far ignored, 
Robin.  Hey, I'll quote you at my blog!

Whee, Bob