When I first read this poem I didn't understand it at all, but i read it again a couple of times and i realized that it is talking about the male destruction. The furious man intrudes into the woman’s orderly life, smashing her dream of love. The conception of the blasting whirlwind denotes the male lover's ravaging power. Images, such as "elegant house," "garlands of fruit / And the fabulous lutes and peacocks," "rich order of walls," which represent female elegance, contrast with images of male vulgarity, such as "wild furies," "whirlwind," and "stormy eyes." The poem is not a conversation between two persons; rather, it is a resentful monologue of a female speaker.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
SEVENTH READING
"Conversation Among the Ruins" by Sylvia Path
When I first read this poem I didn't understand it at all, but i read it again a couple of times and i realized that it is talking about the male destruction. The furious man intrudes into the woman’s orderly life, smashing her dream of love. The conception of the blasting whirlwind denotes the male lover's ravaging power. Images, such as "elegant house," "garlands of fruit / And the fabulous lutes and peacocks," "rich order of walls," which represent female elegance, contrast with images of male vulgarity, such as "wild furies," "whirlwind," and "stormy eyes." The poem is not a conversation between two persons; rather, it is a resentful monologue of a female speaker.
When I first read this poem I didn't understand it at all, but i read it again a couple of times and i realized that it is talking about the male destruction. The furious man intrudes into the woman’s orderly life, smashing her dream of love. The conception of the blasting whirlwind denotes the male lover's ravaging power. Images, such as "elegant house," "garlands of fruit / And the fabulous lutes and peacocks," "rich order of walls," which represent female elegance, contrast with images of male vulgarity, such as "wild furies," "whirlwind," and "stormy eyes." The poem is not a conversation between two persons; rather, it is a resentful monologue of a female speaker.
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