Hi Grasshopper,
Chilling observation in the first sentence. Then cold statements in what
follows.
Is the word "perhaps" essential to the conclusion of the poem? If it isn't
then it may be that a few of the closing lines may need jiggling around...
Bob
>From: grasshopper <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New sub : Shackleton's dogs
>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 14:21:42 -0000
>
> Shackleton's dogs
>
>This is the nature of the hero:
>After the dogs have burst their hearts
>dragging hard cargo
>across the burning snow,
>they were dragged,
>whining, yelping,
>one by one
>shot, skinned
>and eaten.
>The heroic soul
>has little room for compassion;
>it is lumbered too full
>with ambition, certainty
>and the unconquered distance.
>Perhaps heroes,
>being bred of gods,
>demonstrate to us
>the icy set of divinity,
>the very nature of the beast.
>
> grasshopper
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