Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Poems A Noiseless Patient Spider: This poem presents a simple analogy, comparing the activity of the poet's soul with that of a spider. First stanza: A spider, noiseless and patient, is isolated on a promontory, from which it explores "the vacant vast surrounding." Out of itself, it unreels filament tirelessly. Second stanza: Similarly, the poet's soul stands "surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space," musing how to build a bridge to connect them to himself. Like the spider, the poet's soul wants to fling a gossamer thread that would "catch somewhere." Comm...
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