tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263625715183212051.post1193814385821469060..comments2018-04-14T15:44:20.021-07:00Comments on Early Apollo: Critical AnalysisDylan Schenkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955659030508792782noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-263625715183212051.post-84766056093336648172018-04-14T15:44:20.021-07:002018-04-14T15:44:20.021-07:00As sometimes between the yet leafless branches
a m...As sometimes between the yet leafless branches<br />a morning looks through that is already<br />radiant with spring: so nothing of his head<br />could prevent the splendor of all poems<br /><br />"As sometimes between the yet leafless branches"<br /><br />This line already says a lot. It is very dense in very few words. "yet leafless branches" implies a time before the branches will become leafless, possibly late summer before the beginning of autumn. Something happens ocassionaly between these branches that are not yet leafless but will be leafless soon, or at least eventually. Leafless also implies death or possibly ven nakedness. When planets or trees die in the fall and winter they shed their leaves or flowers. If they are not yet leafless but will be soon, then they must be reaching a time when they will lose their leaves or flowers. This could mean either drawing closer to death or old age or both. <br /><br />It is late winter. The branches are on the verge of showing leaves. The daylight holds hints of spring. The "early" Apollo holds hints of the yet unspoken poems he will inspire. It is a clear analogy.R S Gwynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892623903716767609noreply@blogger.com