http://www.ashokkarra.com/2006/08/on-frosts-mowing-death-love-and-dante/ On Poetry, Politics and Philosophy - A Sketch, An Intersection Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.ashokkarra.com/2006/08/on-frosts-mowing-death-love-and-dante/comment-page-1/#comment-6542 whispering hills Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:24:53 +0000 http://www.ashokkarra.com/?p=18#comment-6542 I do believe he is speaking of the rewards of work. To find the answers to whatever questions you may have, work is a necessity as it leads to enlightenment and knowledge. But also, I feel there is a pessimistic view associated with the poem. The scathe whispers the facts, the facts the speaker longs to know. But the scathe is too quiet for the speaker to hear and therefor he cannot know the truth. And he will never know what was said by the scathe, so he does not try to understand but rather moves on. He feels helpless, as if he'll never find an answer to question at hand. I do believe he is speaking of the rewards of work. To find the answers to whatever questions you may have, work is a necessity as it leads to enlightenment and knowledge. But also, I feel there is a pessimistic view associated with the poem. The scathe whispers the facts, the facts the speaker longs to know. But the scathe is too quiet for the speaker to hear and therefor he cannot know the truth. And he will never know what was said by the scathe, so he does not try to understand but rather moves on. He feels helpless, as if he’ll never find an answer to question at hand.

]]> http://www.ashokkarra.com/2006/08/on-frosts-mowing-death-love-and-dante/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Josh Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:10:00 +0000 http://www.ashokkarra.com/?p=18#comment-13 Wow! That was excellent, very excellent. Sometimes it is too easy to explain things in a sexual manner, especially given the double entranda (I kno I misspelled it). of many of our words. I believ you to be correct. Wow! That was excellent, very excellent. Sometimes it is too easy to explain things in a sexual manner, especially given the double entranda (I kno I misspelled it). of many of our words. I believ you to be correct.

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