|
Comment 1 of 1, added on November 20th, 2005 at 4:30 AM.
My class and I just finished an analysis of this poem, and here is what we came up with:
the speaker in the poem starts by describing the modern world and contrasting it to the old world, "The woods of Arcady." He suggests that the problems of the new world cannot be solved or dealt with by looking to history or to the stars, but only by looking into our own hearts for answers. He then finishes by telling us that he still lives in the past (and still I dream he treads the lawn), and cannot begin to address the future, but that perhaps that is better left for someone young and energetic (dream thou!). To read this poem thoroughly, it is necessary to look up all the allusions, such as to Arcady, Chronos, and the "hapless faun."
Laramie from United Arab Emirates
|
Copyright © 2003-2008 Gunnar Bengtsson, Poetry Connection. All Rights Reserved.
My class and I just finished an analysis of this poem, and here is what we came up with:
the speaker in the poem starts by describing the modern world and contrasting it to the old world, "The woods of Arcady." He suggests that the problems of the new world cannot be solved or dealt with by looking to history or to the stars, but only by looking into our own hearts for answers. He then finishes by telling us that he still lives in the past (and still I dream he treads the lawn), and cannot begin to address the future, but that perhaps that is better left for someone young and energetic (dream thou!). To read this poem thoroughly, it is necessary to look up all the allusions, such as to Arcady, Chronos, and the "hapless faun."
Laramie from United Arab Emirates