#booktube #poetrythursday #framed I read two poems about art: "Musée des Beaux Arts" by W.H. Auden www.poetryfoun... "The People on the Bridge" by Wisława Szymborska.
Fine choices, James. Thinking I’d read along, I landed on a different translation of the Szymborska poem. Dueling versions, can’t decide. Though I see yours is the poet’s preferred translator. Keep up the analyses, this is good stuff.
Does sound like Keats. Similar theme of arrested time but the urn also had musicians which invokes yet another art form. One which only exists in actual time. Unless it's the unplayed melody
Fine choices, James. Thinking I’d read along, I landed on a different translation of the Szymborska poem. Dueling versions, can’t decide. Though I see yours is the poet’s preferred translator. Keep up the analyses, this is good stuff.
Thanks so much, Patricia. I see that the whole People on the Bridge book is available on archive.org with the beautiful Hiroshige image on the cover.
I really enjoy ekphrastic poetry, appreciated your reading also, very engaging - thank you.
Thanks for watching. I'm a fan of your channel as well. I think there will be some more ekphrasis later this week.
@@JamesRuchala: my latest two videos are both on ekphrastic poetry. It is such a booming sub-genre - very enjoyable.
The “never-to-be-finished race” - that sounds so much like Keats (“Grecian Urn”). I wouldn’t try to say anything about the Auden poem. 😂
Does sound like Keats. Similar theme of arrested time but the urn also had musicians which invokes yet another art form. One which only exists in actual time. Unless it's the unplayed melody
Id like to read and learn more about Auden. (Isnt he "known for" WWI poems?) 🤔
He was too young for WWI, but he does have some wartime poetry from WW2 and after. One of the few poets to be quoted in a campaign ad (LBJ in 1964)
@@JamesRuchala Ahh, thanks, James.