NPPF Canto 1 "that golden paste!"

s~Z keithsz at concentric.net
Sun Jul 27 21:24:10 CDT 2003


>>> "No free man needs a God; but was
I free? / How I felt nature glued to me" might then set free will against
either instinct ("nature glued to me") or a controlling God (hive-mind). The
"childish palate" being less refined, or REASONed. <<<

While I didn't think of honeycomb (preferring: won't you be my honey), the
idea of natural determinism vs. freedom came to mind. But the word 'taste'
ends two lines, 16 lines apart, and the first refers to Maud. Then the
concept of being caged follows. What is the picture book that papered the
cage? Why a cage? How does this relate to the question of freedom preceding?
Since I'm seeing the seizure as a cover for sexual assault, the staged
thunderstorm becomes the seizure, and the mother-of-pearl cloudlet is the
dissociated reflection. (The windowpane reflection of the waxwing slain is
his bedroom window with chair and bed. [cf., lines 11 + 145]) Being
artistically caged becomes being ensnared by artist Maud. Then - why and
where is he going at night, and why is someone happier when seeing the
'Milky Way' out taking a piss? What is he doing that is less happy? Then
following are images of being different than the other boys, and being
alone. All of this points to an imprisonment of a different quality than
natural instinct or hive-mind, no?




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