Frances Cornford- is a girl, which i didn't expect! She's also the granddaughter of Charles Darwin which is a huge history figure. She was raised around a huge family and was taught privately.
My first reaction to this poem is that a couple is sitting together and she's admiring the way he can play quitar. This poem is different from a lot of other poems because it is from a womans point of view, so it's easier to understand what she is talking about when she says, "attentive courtesy he bent over his instrument"
This poem is only one stanza and has 8 lines. This poem also has a aabbcc rhyme scheme, every two lines rhyme with each other.
Hey Brit, I just blogged about this poem so it is fresh in my head. This poem was so cute and I thought about the same way you did at first. Then after I was half way down with my response I realized that maybe the guotar is his love and the "she" in the poem is the guitar giving it personalization. That's just a possibility. Good work :)
ReplyDeleteGood background research!
ReplyDeleteI think you're on the right track, I'd like to hear a little more about the comparison--the idea of the guitar.