tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534536753236336876.post1223104610251922319..comments2024-03-24T18:12:28.906+00:00Comments on The Glue Factory: Favourite snatches (3)David J Collardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01353517349363925633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534536753236336876.post-63922029222640553512013-05-14T15:06:29.427+01:002013-05-14T15:06:29.427+01:00I suppose one can be a mixture of the excessive, t...I suppose one can be a mixture of the excessive, the defective and the perverted, so off you go. Auden's maniac schoolmaster persona is to the fore in this speech from The Orators, and his tendency to produce what appear to be authoritative lists: <br /><br />'A poet may write bad poetry in three ways' <br />'There are four things Lawrence does supremely well' <br />'To a situation of danger and difficulty there are five solutions' <br />'For a complete life a man requires six kinds of love'.<br /><br />A breakthrough moment is when one sees that this is all bluster, and a way of attempting to control the wild world.David J Collardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01353517349363925633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534536753236336876.post-40609091120832643922013-05-14T10:45:01.916+01:002013-05-14T10:45:01.916+01:00But is it possible for one person to be all these ...But is it possible for one person to be all these sorts of sinners / lovers? I feel, much like after reading The Anatomy of Melancholy, that I have all the symptoms.<br /><br />'...those who never have and never could be loved'.<br /><br />Lawks.Knowthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10016753943945865540noreply@blogger.com