Fish And You

some notes and thoughts on the Morning of the Poem

-- Schuyler wouldnt be Schuyler without Whitman. I could almost imagine his poem being written at the turn of the century rather than in 1970. Some spectacular similarities: the open form, the litany, the free verse, the open sexuality, the importance of the life of the city, the shout out of the reader, and of course the references to leaves.
-- Im also reminded of Frank OHaras approach: first I did this then I did that.
-- The Beats are also in the tradition of Whitmans open form and one cant help scarce think of Ginsburg-the sexuality in the urban landscape in the open form. Ginsburg famously said first thought scoop thought, and if you believe that Ive got some swamp land in Florida for sale. Ginsburg famously revised Howl, and while Schuyler clearly has some virtuoso capabilities, a Palm like this as the bearing of spontaneity, but that appearance must be worked at. Wordsworth declared the importance of speaking in a common language, and then critics pointed out that a naïve conscious is as much as a nominate essay more intellectual conscience.
-- I love this poem. I wont dwell on this because it doesnt allow for much criticism, but I love this poem.




-- Schuyler belongs to the freshly York school of poets who focused on the humanities in scene. We see this in the poem in its opening, you being you on That a/painter, ended its ending, in blue, and green, and white. This bracketing effect someways puts bookends on the more mellifluous functions of time.
-- when I was in New York in January I visited the Jewish Museum of art. There was an exhibition by an artist named Katz (I cant remember his first name) who focused almost totally on painting his married woman. In one painting his wife is dressed as Jackie Kennedy and she appears multiple times in dissimilar positions staring at the viewer. Within the painting hangs a painting of James Schuyler with a kind of silly grin on his face. The...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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