subjective take on the poetry in EL267.

In the Old Age of the Soul
by: Ezra Pound

The speaker is a warrior expressing his desire to fight again even though the battles are no longer a common way of solving problems as they once were. I think tha last line is saying the warrior doesn't even have the strength anymore to fight even if there was a battle, but his desire to fight still lingers. The soul is still youthful but his body is too old and times have changed.

To Brooklyn Bridge
By: Hart Crane

I think Crane was trying to pay homage to the Brooklyn Bridge by saying even though the nation is becoming more industrialized, the industrialization process can still manufacture beautiful and grand things, such as the bridge. Anybody would be overwhelmed by the enormity and construction of the bridge. Man made objects can be just as beautiful as objects found in nature, and Crane incorporates the beauty of nature by mention things such as the seagulls as well as describing his love of the bridge's beauty that's man made.

The World Trade Center
By: David Lehman

This poem has a beautiful, simple message. I wasn't aware that many people complained about the Twin Towers when they were first constructed. I can imagine why, because there were much more visually pleasing pieces of architechture in the city, such as The Chrystler Builiding, which Lehman mentions in the poem. Even though many people disliked the towers when they were build, their destruction brought the nation together, it made is stronger. We were all united with a commong greif and disbelief that such a horrendous event had occured, and so many people suffered. The towers, which so many people though were an eye sore, are now the very thing uniting the city, the nation, and even the world whenever the World Trade Center is mentioned. Now the first thing people think of when the buildings are mentioned are not their....ugliness? but the disaster that impacted all of our lives forever. A simple message, but a strong one.