tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post2716223414344190409..comments2023-10-01T01:56:19.699-07:00Comments on You Made Me Theorize: This is Just to Say...Joseph P. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-13606974846933171332010-02-26T16:19:14.003-08:002010-02-26T16:19:14.003-08:00When I wrote the poem about the records, I actuall...When I wrote the poem about the records, I actually had in mind that it was from the perspective of someone who is in a breakup, maybe a divorce, and took the records in the splitting of assets. Relating to what we're talking about, I'm really glad that you another angle to it, an optimistic, romantic one. I think both of them are "right" in that sense. I believe the reader is just as important as the writer in this situation.AnEagleInYourMindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429288550393416542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-29607518038271522912010-02-25T13:14:35.701-08:002010-02-25T13:14:35.701-08:00ATB, I think that I see very similar meaning to yo...ATB, I think that I see very similar meaning to your poem as to Williams "This is Just to Say" regarding the romantic (in the sense of love) notion. One's personal psychological perspective matters and whether or not you are searching for a more optimistic ending or a conflicted one. I definitely viewed the narrative voice as being romantic or self conscious, rather than self absorbed. Being that both people mentioned in the poem wanted, or probably wanted, the plums (or the records) makes the consumption of the plums and records more innocent. Rather than if only the narrator gave in to his desire to eat or take something he wasn't supposed to consume. It makes sense that the poem was written in the form of a note, and if so, at least the writer was conscientious enough to write a note to begin with. When replacing words like you did, I find it difficult to come away from the heightened level of awareness that the narrator has for the person he is taking the plums or records from.Merrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334497106730635828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-32868926941361771922010-02-23T15:27:07.683-08:002010-02-23T15:27:07.683-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Phil https://www.blogger.com/profile/01393460570969928748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-64068772069536526082010-02-17T09:55:31.398-08:002010-02-17T09:55:31.398-08:00Haha, well I personally don't! I know people w...Haha, well I personally don't! I know people who do, though.AnEagleInYourMindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15429288550393416542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-59109928106778247472010-02-17T06:13:39.355-08:002010-02-17T06:13:39.355-08:00Not to nitpick, but do you normally keep records o...Not to nitpick, but do you normally keep records on a <i>book</i>shelf? If no, then yes, Williams got it right--every word counts.Joseph P. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.com