Posted by Rob Kafka on March 14, 1997 at 10:43:48:

In Reply to: Re: Mal Paso Bridge, Section 8, ll 9-10 posted by John Courtney on March 13, 1997 at 18:36:29:

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: : Can someone explain to me the syntax of "Mal Paso Bridge",
: : Section 8, ll 9-10? I refer specifically to the words
: : "Wonderfully move / Light" -- how do they relate to one
: : another, and to the rest of the passage?

: : The poem will be in CP Volume 4. In the meantime, you'll
: : find it in one of the editions of Roan Stallion, Tamar &
: : OP -- either Boni & Liveright or Modern Library.

: : -- Rob

: Rob... could it be as in the present tense of
: " whisper the waters" from ll 5 that he uses
: "move (the) light"?.

(Sorry for the empty followup preceding)

John: I don't think so. "Rises the dawn" (line 2)
and "whisper the waters" are present tense -- but
(as Boon pointed out privately) "move" would have
to be "moves" for parallelism -- i.e. "moves (the)
light."

By the way, I checked the Boyle Tamar -- and it too
has "move". The typescript is at Texas, but I my
notes are silent on the point.

Thanks for the thought . . . -- Rob

Follow Ups:

Re: Mal Paso Bridge, Section 8, ll 9-10 David J. Rothman 16:52:36 3/27/97 (3)
Re: Mal Paso Bridge, Section 8, ll 9-10 Rob Kafka 16:00:08 4/10/97 (2)
Re: Mal Paso Bridge, Section 8, ll 9-10 David J. Rothman 10:10:55 4/11/97 (1)
Re: Mal Paso Bridge brophy 18:37:27 4/23/97 (0)

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