01-20-2022, 04:56 AM
I feel that the second strophe is a bit of an anticlimax after the “gnarled southern oak”
If that line could be made the last line of the poem, it would be an epiphany and the poem would do well to end there
Or if it weren’t made the last line, the second shouldn’t talk about swinging free and whitewashing history as that doesn’t add significantly to the previous lines
If that line could be made the last line of the poem, it would be an epiphany and the poem would do well to end there
Or if it weren’t made the last line, the second shouldn’t talk about swinging free and whitewashing history as that doesn’t add significantly to the previous lines