tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213979190640858720.post4464669759076197713..comments2023-07-29T04:36:35.274-07:00Comments on Literary and Cultural Criticism at Wabash (2011): Toomer's "Georgia Dusk"Agata Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16276419816240130630noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213979190640858720.post-8163002287375320212011-02-01T13:15:20.821-08:002011-02-01T13:15:20.821-08:00I also agree with you here. The fifth stanza also ...I also agree with you here. The fifth stanza also emphasizes the need and want to find good in everything and to be happy. "Meanwhile, the men/Race memories of king and caravan,/High-priests, an ostrich, and a juju-man." Also, I like how you said it was a celebration. In the sixth stanza, Toomer describes the trees as being guitars and the men as a chorus, which leads me to picture some type of party or celebration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213979190640858720.post-47920109863837604382011-02-01T11:50:35.330-08:002011-02-01T11:50:35.330-08:00This was a very satisfying commentary for me to re...This was a very satisfying commentary for me to read because, having analyzed this poem myself, the second stanza was that which gave me the most trouble. Specifically, I was troubled by the line "an orgy for some genius of the South". For some reason I assumed that the last line referred to the feast as being "surprised," but the genius makes much more sense. That paints the genius then as the introspective thinker and artist who simply dares to search his soul earnestly, and is rewarded by the pleasant surprise of finding something to celebrate despite possibly dismal circumstances. Thanks for the enlightening observations!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01803449445920657023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213979190640858720.post-77494193931401327852011-02-01T11:26:38.076-08:002011-02-01T11:26:38.076-08:00Sam,
I must agree wholeheartedly with you that th...Sam, <br />I must agree wholeheartedly with you that this stanza demonstrates a peoples' ability to find happiness even when they live a dreary existence.Arjun Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846439182720120494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213979190640858720.post-86653153112999830192011-02-01T10:57:58.667-08:002011-02-01T10:57:58.667-08:00Sam,
I really enjoyed your perspective on Georgi...Sam, <br /><br />I really enjoyed your perspective on Georgia Dust. I think as of now we are the only two who choose this poem for our commentary. I think we share a similar opinion that Georgia Dusk has a strong connection to slavery and the post-slavery lives of the African Americans. However, I am sort of curious about the first idea that you mentioned in your commentary, the one about "lamenting the meaning of looking for good in everything, even evil." When i first read that line, i was very curious to know what you meant by that, but you seemed to move on with the rest of your analysis.James Kennellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170376661326346069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7213979190640858720.post-69891984849912709112011-02-01T10:35:18.977-08:002011-02-01T10:35:18.977-08:00I think this is a good stanza to pick from this po...I think this is a good stanza to pick from this poem because it relates to the rest of the poem. I say this particularly because you see throughout the whole poem that there are examples of looking for good in everything. I would even go as far as to say that there are images of seeking of understanding of things good and bad, to become knowledgeable about things. In this stanza it particularly mentions men who indulge in this feast, and Toomer goes as far as to use the word orgy, which for me evoked the image of men getting together in the ancient Greek culture, having these types of feast and orgies after seeking knowledge and a better understanding of things. Not only are these ideas carried throughout the whole poem, but so is the form seeing that the rhyme scheme remains to have the two couplets in the middle of the quatrain.Greg H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04226012726990470471noreply@blogger.com