Comments on: SOON SHALL THE WINTER’S FOIL BE HERE

By: jayroc

jayroc — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:40:49 +0000

Like many of the poems in the Second Annex this one seems to deal with life and death. He uses how nature goes through a natural cycle of life and death with the changes from spring to winter as a metaphor for what goes on in our lives. This is to say that even though we may die there will always be new life so that the annual play continues.

By: jayroc

jayroc — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:32:43 +0000

Cognizance: An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house; Notice or awareness

By: jayroc

jayroc — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:31:15 +0000

Arbutus: any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America.

By: jayroc

jayroc — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:30:06 +0000

Clod: a lump of something, especially of earth or clay; a stupid person; a dolt

By: jayroc

jayroc — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:28:44 +0000

Suffuse:
* cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; “The sky was suffused with a warm pink color”
* to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light; “His whole frame suffused with a cold dew”

By: jayroc

jayroc — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:26:56 +0000

Ligature: In medicine, a ligature is a device, similar to a tourniquet, usually of thread or string, tied around a limb, blood vessel or similar to restrict blood flow. A ligature can be used for tumor strangulation, carried out before removal. The process of making ligatures is called “ligation”.