Setting aside the analysis of her poem I already did (and
believe to be an accurate interpretation), I’ll compare similarities between my
poem about Tygrrr and her Tiger poem, speculating on whether or not her poem
was a response to mine.
Both poems have a one word title, mine is “Void” hers is “Spark.”
My poem has a dedication to Tygrrr. Her poems opens with the
word “Tiger” in the first line a variation on Blake’s classic.
My poem opens with the question as to where or not cats
(animals in general) have souls or are they somehow protected by the souls of
their human masters, protected against the furies of eternity..
Her poem follows the pattern of Blake of a tiger burning in
the onset of the night, which carries with her “all its might,” and the
struggle leaves its “soul” enlightened.
My poem asks if the creature I pray for lives on in some
other fashion or is its existence what we see and feel in this world.
Her poems says that after some time of darkness a spark
appears, a light that while frightening bodes for a better and continued fight.
Life, she says, continued to support her inability to fade
or allow her to give into her pessimism.
My poem asks if we have done enough in life to fill the void
these creatures face from then on, alone.
Placed side by side, her poem could be seen as a response to
mine as if to say that even in the darkest hour, hope prevails, and life
continues to bestow strength on those who survive the dark of night.
Was hers a response?
Most likely not, and yet, mine was the first serious poem I
had posted that was not part of the Cyber Nanny misinformation campaign,
something she might well have found she could sink her teeth into, even though
as my analysis of the poem posted earlier this month, shows a totally different
meaning, a personal meaning, part of her struggle to fulfill her destiny and retain
her lover.
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