Myxomatosis
Caught in the centre of a soundless field
While hot inexplicable hours go by
What trap is this? Where were its teeth concealed?
You seem to ask.
I make a sharp reply,
Then clean my stick. I'm glad I can't explain
Just in what jaws you were to suppurate:
You may have thought things would come right again
If you could only keep quite still and wait.
Philip Larkin, 1954
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Originally posted by BowmannIf I got that right, and there's no reason to think I did, it was strong and extremely upsetting to an animal friend (such as myself) fond of rabbits. Good poetry.
[b]Myxomatosis[/b]
If I didn't get it, which is of course more likely given my intellect, it was confusing enough to actually stir up my feelings of sympathy for the little rabbit caught in the trap (which it wasn't about).
Edit: I think the trap is the disease. Am I right? Am I right? What do I get? 🙂
Originally posted by stockenI usually don't understand poetry, and this is no exception, but myxomatosis is a rabbit disease.
If I got that right, and there's no reason to think I did, it was strong and extremely upsetting to an animal friend (such as myself) fond of rabbits. Good poetry.
If I didn't get it, which is of course more likely given my intellect, it was confusing enough to actually stir up my feelings of sympathy for the little rabbit caught in the trap (which ...[text shortened]... t about).
Edit: I think the trap is the disease. Am I right? Am I right? What do I get? 🙂
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Originally posted by stockenCaught in the centre of a soundless field
If I got that right, and there's no reason to think I did, it was strong and extremely upsetting to an animal friend (such as myself) fond of rabbits. Good poetry.
If I didn't get it, which is of course more likely given my intellect, it was confusing enough to actually stir up my feelings of sympathy for the little rabbit caught in the trap (which t about).
Edit: I think the trap is the disease. Am I right? Am I right? What do I get? 🙂
While hot inexplicable hours go by
What trap is this? Where were its teeth concealed?
You seem to ask.
I make a sharp reply,
Then clean my stick. I'm glad I can't explain
Just in what jaws you were to suppurate:
You may have thought things would come right again
If you could only keep quite still and wait.
Philip Larkin, 1954
No, it's about a guy who is in a relationship with a girl who talks too much while he's trying to get her to have sex! It's a 'soundless field' for him cause he can't get a word in as she yaks for hours on end, nor can he achieve his objective. He realizes he's 'caught in the trap' cause he needs her for sex. 😕
Heh, ok I just wanted to show how poetry can mean something different to everybody.