Comments on: MacLeish’s Later Poems http://www.lorenwebster.net/In_a_Dark_Time/2003/01/05/macleishs-later-poems/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:22:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Zoe http://www.lorenwebster.net/In_a_Dark_Time/2003/01/05/macleishs-later-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-12681 Zoe Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:08:21 +0000 http://www.lorenwebster.net/In_a_Dark_Time/?p=344#comment-12681 Maple leaves, in literature often represent love. So by saying that along with "an empty doorway" MacLeish could mean that love evokes loneliness. Also, sinse maple leaves come in the spring, and spring represents hope or new beginnings, it could mean that love brings a new beginning after greif. Maple leaves, in literature often represent love. So by saying that along with “an empty doorway” MacLeish could mean that love evokes loneliness. Also, sinse maple leaves come in the spring, and spring represents hope or new beginnings, it could mean that love brings a new beginning after greif.

]]> By: mark flagg http://www.lorenwebster.net/In_a_Dark_Time/2003/01/05/macleishs-later-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-403 mark flagg Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.lorenwebster.net/In_a_Dark_Time/?p=344#comment-403 Why a maple leaf? Two syllables, rhymes with grief, but what associations has the maple leaf got with grief? A single leaf (as in cummings "a leaf falls" can be an effective symbol for isolation, detachment and loneliness, but what else might one associate with a maple leaf? Thanks, Mark Flagg Why a maple leaf? Two syllables, rhymes with grief, but what associations has the maple leaf got with grief? A single leaf (as in cummings “a leaf falls” can be an effective symbol for isolation, detachment and loneliness, but what else might one associate with a maple leaf?
Thanks,
Mark Flagg

]]> By: loren http://www.lorenwebster.net/In_a_Dark_Time/2003/01/05/macleishs-later-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-404 loren Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.lorenwebster.net/In_a_Dark_Time/?p=344#comment-404 MacLeish seemed to refer to leaves a lot in his poems, apparently as a symbol of "death." Certainly "maple leave" is more "palpable" than the abstract leaf, but whether there is some particular significance to the maple tree I don't know. MacLeish seemed to refer to leaves a lot in his poems, apparently as a symbol of “death.”

Certainly “maple leave” is more “palpable” than the abstract leaf, but whether there is some particular significance to the maple tree I don’t know.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.lorenwebster.net/In_a_Dark_Time/2003/01/05/macleishs-later-poems/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Elaine Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.lorenwebster.net/In_a_Dark_Time/?p=344#comment-405 hey! i think your blogs are amazing.. most of your reactions to MacLeish's poems provided useful insight for me, coz we're taking them up in class now. im a sophomore at highschool and i was having quite a hard time understanding Ars Poetica. Thanks! hey! i think your blogs are amazing.. most of your reactions to MacLeish’s poems provided useful insight for me, coz we’re taking them up in class now. im a sophomore at highschool and i was having quite a hard time understanding Ars Poetica. Thanks!

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