Candy Kristallnacht or Breath Crystal Palace?

s~Z mcmullenm at vcss.k12.ca.us
Sat Jul 10 11:00:42 CDT 1999


> TRP writes, "But coming down in total blackout [Night], without one
> glint of light, only great invisible crashing [Broken Glass]." (3.7-9)
> 
> TRP also wrote:
> "Above him lift girders old as an iron queen [Victoria], and GLASS
> SOMEWHERE FAR ABOVE [the tower of The Crystal Palace as a dream image]
> that would let the light of day through."(3.4-6), emphasis added.

It's two, two, two references in one.



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