Dear George,
He would have to be three feet tall to be under a doorknob. A windy
hill seems more likely. A house could be under a hill.
Diana
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On Mar 3, 2010, at 3:06 PM, George Carless <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Rickard A. Parker ([log in to unmask]) wrote the following on
> Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 10:17:06AM -0600:
>> A knob is a hill. Most likely open (unforested) or covered
>> with sheets of rock. I'm pretty sure that New Hampshire
>> has some peaks with Knob as part of the name. With
>> my corrupted system searches are a pain.
>>
>> Eliot may have used the word knob instead of hill to bring
>> us back to the house image (door knob). I think though
>> that he wanted the image of a sphere (as with a door
>> knob) to represent the earth.
>
> (In answer to your question in another email) - There are (K)nob
> Hills all over the place... but I don't see
> that Knob as hill makes any sense in the context. A draughty house
> *under* a hill? Or, if it is Gerontion
> who is under the knob, how can he be under a hill while "in a
> house"? Sorry if I'm missing something; I'm
> just not seeing where "hill" comes into it. Why can't it just be a
> door knob? That would tie into the
> "hand on the door," the image of "vacant shuttles (who) weave the
> wind" through the halls. (I'm not saying
> it's *literally* a house, but to me the imagery needs its internal
> consistency.)
>
> Regards,
> George
>
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