10-20-2019, 02:45 AM
I think there is real validity to the critique that has been offered and I would certainly agree that there is an issue in that the opening verse doesn't grab one's attention as it is so descriptive in nature.
I see no real reason for absence of appropriate capitalisation until the last verse - is this to indicate immaturity?
The imagery lacks sophistication and Bunx's adaptation picks up on this, where more mature phrasing would have led to a much more engaging read.
The final verse is rather lacklustre and matter of fact. I get the sense that the rose is a metaphor for a relationship, one that whilst in full bloom holds such promise of love and romance, but once it wilts, there's nothing to it, it was good while it lasted type of thinking. So this matter of fact ending lacks a sense that it neither meant anything to either the giver or recipient of the rose, so it invokes the idea that the relationship never stood a chance (?). I guess I'm not 'down with' the entire negativity and being the optimist that I am, I'd like to think that the narrator could at least hold on to the memory of the 'rose' and cast their minds back to it (if only the times when the rose was at its peak!) from time to time in moments of solitude...
Thanks for the read.
I see no real reason for absence of appropriate capitalisation until the last verse - is this to indicate immaturity?
The imagery lacks sophistication and Bunx's adaptation picks up on this, where more mature phrasing would have led to a much more engaging read.
The final verse is rather lacklustre and matter of fact. I get the sense that the rose is a metaphor for a relationship, one that whilst in full bloom holds such promise of love and romance, but once it wilts, there's nothing to it, it was good while it lasted type of thinking. So this matter of fact ending lacks a sense that it neither meant anything to either the giver or recipient of the rose, so it invokes the idea that the relationship never stood a chance (?). I guess I'm not 'down with' the entire negativity and being the optimist that I am, I'd like to think that the narrator could at least hold on to the memory of the 'rose' and cast their minds back to it (if only the times when the rose was at its peak!) from time to time in moments of solitude...
Thanks for the read.