Well anyone who denies Eliot's verbal
facility is a fool.

But it takes talent to create engaging narrators and in this poem he  
largely
fails.

Diana

Sent from my iPod

On Feb 26, 2010, at 3:28 PM, Ken Armstrong <[log in to unmask]>  
wrote:

> Diana Manister wrote:
>> Dear Ken,
>>
>> Interesting text -- thanks. I'm trying to
>> like Gerontion's narrator, but find it difficult.
>
>  Diana  --  Well, I'll give you this: nobody's better than you at  
> midstream horse changing. In my experience. But in fact, how can you  
> not like a speaker who says "Unnatural vices/are fathered by our  
> heroism. Virtues/are forced upon us by our impudent crimes." The  
> phrasing, thought and word, are superb. I love it.
>
> Ken
>