Talk:In Praise of Limestone

I've noticed that internet pages offering this poem all use the word "incomprehensible" instead of "comprehensible", so are wrong at least once. –Outriggr ♠ 05:35, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Good Article
This is a very thoughtful piece which clearly meets all the GA criteria. Very good work! Johnfos 06:14, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Auden's revisions
It may be worthwhile to have a discussion of Auden's revisions of this poem-- the original edition, which is still extant in some places has the following

What could be more like Mother or a fitter background For her son, the flirtatious male who lounges Against a rock in the sunlight displaying his dildo, never doubting[10] That for all his faults he is loved; whose works are but Extensions of his power to charm? … (ll. 11–15)

Auden often had second thoughts about his poems and on occaision would revise them-- September1,1939 being a notorious example, where he excised whole stanzas and then finally wanted to ditch the whole poem. The noted poet and critic David Lehman frequently criticized his revisions and had a preference for his orignal works.Bwthemoose 16:46, 20 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I did mention this in the footnote on the replaced line, but feel free to add an explanation in the text itself. –Outriggr § 20:57, 20 October 2007 (UTC)