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Poet: H. D. (H. D. Art)
Poem: Mid-Day
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Jul 19 2009
Comment 2 of 2, added on March 31st, 2009 at 6:07 PM.
The previous comment is a potential way to take the poem, but the poem itself does not assert itself to that necessary interpretation. There is nothing within the poem that suggests that it refers to HD as a female poet, instead these are just common substitutes for the images of the poem. Instead the poem is the result of the imagist movement, where these singular substitutes are not necessary. Instead of trying to convey an actual reason that HD feels this way in the poem, the poem is merely meant to capture the emotion that she is feeling. This emotion is a common one of the modernist era, a fragmented and isolated feeling, and this feeling is not only described in the words of the poem, but also mirrored in its structure and sound. (This is in response to the previous comment that suggests that the poem is directly referring to HD's struggle as a woman, while this is possible, there is nothing in the poem that suggests that this is directly correlated to the piece)
Jim from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on April 8th, 2008 at 11:14 AM.
This poem is about H.D feeling inferior as a woman poet. The seeds mentioned throughout the poem are a symbol of herself and her thoughts. The seeds are scattered around in different places like her, because she is confused. The tree mentioned in the poem is a symbol of a man. Men were the main poets and writers at the time so they had more strength than her. The tree could also be a symbol for Pound, whom H.D was engaged to at one point. He also gave H.D her pen name. She could have been feeling powerless to him at the time.
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The previous comment is a potential way to take the poem, but the poem itself does not assert itself to that necessary interpretation. There is nothing within the poem that suggests that it refers to HD as a female poet, instead these are just common substitutes for the images of the poem. Instead the poem is the result of the imagist movement, where these singular substitutes are not necessary. Instead of trying to convey an actual reason that HD feels this way in the poem, the poem is merely meant to capture the emotion that she is feeling. This emotion is a common one of the modernist era, a fragmented and isolated feeling, and this feeling is not only described in the words of the poem, but also mirrored in its structure and sound. (This is in response to the previous comment that suggests that the poem is directly referring to HD's struggle as a woman, while this is possible, there is nothing in the poem that suggests that this is directly correlated to the piece)
Jim from United States