Comments on: On Frost’s "Meeting and Passing" http://www.ashokkarra.com/2006/10/on-frosts-meeting-and-passing/ On Poetry, Politics and Philosophy - A Sketch, An Intersection Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:46:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Suresh Bhave http://www.ashokkarra.com/2006/10/on-frosts-meeting-and-passing/comment-page-1/#comment-8601 Suresh Bhave Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:33:21 +0000 http://www.ashokkarra.com/?p=42#comment-8601 If you do not undeerstand what the last line means, read it together with the preceding line as one sentence as follows- Afterward, I went past what you had passed before we met and you what I had passed. o That is the poet goes on his way down the hill and the woman he met continued on her way up the hill; obviously each passed what the other had passed before they met. As for mingling of the foot prints, it seems they moved while they talked, probably she moved to turn her back to the sun and he went around to face her. May be he called her to his side to show her the sight he eas seeing. I do not think they walked around. If you do not undeerstand what the last line means, read it together with the preceding line as one sentence as follows-
Afterward, I went past what you had passed
before we met and you what I had passed. o
That is the poet goes on his way down the hill and the woman he met continued on her way up the hill; obviously each passed what the other had passed before they met.

As for mingling of the foot prints, it seems they moved while they talked, probably she moved to turn her back to the sun and he went around to face her. May be he called her to his side to show her the sight he eas seeing. I do not think they walked around.

]]> By: Parth http://www.ashokkarra.com/2006/10/on-frosts-meeting-and-passing/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 Parth Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:55:10 +0000 http://www.ashokkarra.com/?p=42#comment-3145 could please provide a deeper analysis could please provide a deeper analysis

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.ashokkarra.com/2006/10/on-frosts-meeting-and-passing/comment-page-1/#comment-2490 Cynthia Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:55:55 +0000 http://www.ashokkarra.com/?p=42#comment-2490 some parts of it are great while some are lacking only because of placement. There is a great poetry site you should join and you will become an excellent poet, you have great potential. Join it and start posting your poetry they will help you grow. http://www.lit.org some parts of it are great while some are lacking only because of placement. There is a great poetry site you should join and you will become an excellent poet, you have great potential. Join it and start posting your poetry they will help you grow. http://www.lit.org

]]> By: ashok http://www.ashokkarra.com/2006/10/on-frosts-meeting-and-passing/comment-page-1/#comment-36 ashok Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:44:00 +0000 http://www.ashokkarra.com/?p=42#comment-36 Yeah, it's tricky. I took it apart to understand it:<br/><br/>- <i>Afterward I went past what you had passed</i><br/><br/>That seems clear enough, the speaker going down the hill went past something she had moved beyond before, and it has an appeal to him, but not to her.<br/><br/>- <i>Before we met</i><br/><br/>Reinforces the above. She passed something before.<br/><br/>- <i>and you what I had passed.</i><br/><br/>And she, in relation to him "afterward," is something that he has passed.<br/><br/>The thematic significance is that their meeting might as well have been a passing, I think. Yeah, it’s tricky. I took it apart to understand it:

- Afterward I went past what you had passed

That seems clear enough, the speaker going down the hill went past something she had moved beyond before, and it has an appeal to him, but not to her.

- Before we met

Reinforces the above. She passed something before.

- and you what I had passed.

And she, in relation to him “afterward,” is something that he has passed.

The thematic significance is that their meeting might as well have been a passing, I think.

]]> By: Josh http://www.ashokkarra.com/2006/10/on-frosts-meeting-and-passing/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Josh Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.ashokkarra.com/?p=42#comment-35 Maybe I just don't understand it. The wording in the last line seems awkward to me. Is it suppossed to be that way? Maybe I just don’t understand it. The wording in the last line seems awkward to me. Is it suppossed to be that way?

]]> By: Josh http://www.ashokkarra.com/2006/10/on-frosts-meeting-and-passing/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Josh Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:10:00 +0000 http://www.ashokkarra.com/?p=42#comment-34 What is the last line in the last stanza? I can't seem to make it out.<br/><br/>Is everything set for the 8th of december? What is the last line in the last stanza? I can’t seem to make it out.

Is everything set for the 8th of december?

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