1. Blog discussion
2. Sick Rose — final thoughts?
3. Silken Tent
4. Research questions
5. Memorizations
6. Midterm discussion
“The Silken Tent”
cord – 1
as – 1
bondage – 5
soul – 2
loosely – 2
silken – 5
thought – 1
capriciousness – 1
cord — collaboration, not any single line; sureness of soul not swayed by any single cord. Tent won’t fall over because one line too brittle. But if multiple cords are weak, then it will collapse.
as — poem as simile – extended throughout poem. comparing a woman to a tent.
bondage — strong word – whole poem talks about a bondage that unites . what holds this tent together? loosely bound. not held down — she’s her own tent — she sways — made up of a lot of things
soul – consciousness clean not held down — soul something weighing heavily on you — keeping you down
silken – sensitive, romanticizing gesture — soft, smooth — describing a tent — think of a tent as strong – silk not something you’d build a tent
she isn’t restricted — loosely bound — free soul
first three lines — light, airy, move with ease
