Sorry for the delay, finally got the computer problems fixed. I hate computers yet they are so ingrained into every day usage that I can't do without it.
I find that "In the Old Age of the Soul" by Ezra Pound to be a very short story about the yearning of an old warrior for an age gone by. He is not content with being a an old man, an advisor. He wants to directly take part in the action.
"To Brooklyn Bridge" by Hart Crane is a longer and more modern poem. There being the first contrast that I will make, the refernce of time. The Pound poem has no time setting, it could describe one from thousands of years a go almost to a present time. The Crane poem mentions specific objects, namely the Brooklyn Bridge as in the title, but also of modern activities such as cinema and also modern luxuries such as using an elevator or traffic lights.
Personally, I am not a poetry person, so reading each of these poems generally leaves me asking what on earth are they saying. but a few general comparisons that I noticed, come from the tone of the poem, both have a sad sort of somber feeling. The writer conveys a sense of sadness and yearning. They both desribe going places, Pound describe aging, while Crane dercribes going to the Brooklyn Bridge. A main difference then arrises from that statement, where Pound si describing a moving of time, Crane is discribing a moving of place.
Posted by ChristopherParfitt at March 3, 2005 02:55 PM | TrackBack