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Comment 7 of 7, added on March 8th, 2009 at 10:46 AM.
I agree, there's something missing in the poem. I have a book containing a copy of habitation and the receding edge of glacier was there. Anyway, this poem is really realistic for me. it only showed and expressed how marriage really is. marriage is not a game, not a play,rather, a very critical, serious, crucial and unstable condition that calls for a lot of effort and attention to work it out.
aisee from Philippines
Comment 6 of 7, added on March 8th, 2009 at 3:05 AM.
I really love the poem. I agree of the things being told. During our class, I encounter this poem.
It is true that "Marriage is not a house nor even a tent." That in entering a marriage life is not just building a house. Like eating popcorn? Oh it's not like that. They are many things to think and to consider. There are happiness and even hardships. It can never be an easy thing. Therefore, marriage life is a serious affair.
Christin Joy Igos from Philippines
Comment 5 of 7, added on November 26th, 2005 at 7:22 PM.
I love the poem amd it explains itself. Marriage is hard.
Tira from United States
Comment 4 of 7, added on November 25th, 2005 at 10:07 AM.
The version of the poem I have (In Understanding Literature) also includes the line about the glacier.
gnosis from Sweden
Comment 3 of 7, added on November 10th, 2005 at 3:52 PM.
The poem does not mean the same thing without the last line, perhaps your poem ended on the next page? The contrast is vital to it,though. In my opinion atleast
Trish from United States
Comment 2 of 7, added on May 24th, 2005 at 4:47 PM.
Dear S Sink, I personally do not think that specific part should be there, because without it, the poem still makes sense and can be analysed correctly. There also is no mentioning of the missing piece on any other website, and the poem is published in books just the way it is on this webpage. Therefor I would just like to know where did you find the information about the missing part, because it can become very interesting if the poem has been published incorrectly. Or the case can be that the poet did not want that part to be published, that she maybe edited the poem before sending it to be published. I would really like more info on this! Thank you!
Tania from South Africa
Comment 1 of 7, added on April 12th, 2005 at 2:09 PM.
there is a missing line in this poem. after "eating popcorn" the poem goes:
the edge of the receding glacier
where painfully and with wonder
at having survived even
this far
we are learning to make fire.
without the glacier, the making a fire part doesn't make sense!
S Sink from United States
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I agree, there's something missing in the poem. I have a book containing a copy of habitation and the receding edge of glacier was there. Anyway, this poem is really realistic for me. it only showed and expressed how marriage really is. marriage is not a game, not a play,rather, a very critical, serious, crucial and unstable condition that calls for a lot of effort and attention to work it out.
aisee from Philippines