ENGB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Liberal Education, Public Figure, Spondee
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Even while he is questioning it he builds the wall, he performs the ritual, and in fact he initiates the ritual. Epeated that fi(cid:396)st li(cid:374)e a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:449)a(cid:374)ts it do(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) adds that e(cid:373)phasis that he (cid:449)a(cid:374)ts the wall down (destabilizing energy). If you read it that way then what follows is a reflection on a broader meaning of the poem: (cid:1006). / u u / u / u / u / O(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g the(cid:396)e is that does(cid:374)(cid:859)t lo(cid:448)e a (cid:449)all, Initial foot is trochaic, adds emphasis for first syllable, something disrupts established structure. And spills the upper boulders in the sun: regular iambic rhythm. U / / / u / u / u / And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. Ia(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:272) (cid:396)h(cid:455)th(cid:373) (cid:271)(cid:396)oke(cid:374) agai(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:373)akes gaps(cid:863), talks a(cid:271)out dis(cid:396)upted st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e so disrupted rhythm. I let my neighbour know beyond the hill; And on a day we meet to walk the line.
