Week 14 Discussion Forum 2: Hardy, “Under the Waterfall”
“Under the Waterfall” (N 1216):
Who are the speakers in and of this poem? How many of them are there?
How is poetic form significant? What do the divisions into verse-paragraphs indicate or suggest? Why does the shape of the poem change?
How are meanings “submerged” in certain words of the poem, e.g., “in peaces”, “burn”, “chalice”? What comes to light when we look into the meanings and uses of those words?