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Love the title feels like an: Love the title feels like an exact proclamation. All of the " in the & it is the seas," "it starts like a wave of arrogance" and " it is the disgust that gives me passion" all placed with precision. Fantastic

I have been reading Poetry: I have been reading Poetry for fifty years, as of this past April, and I don't think I have ever read a poem quite like this.

I am behind on my reading, so: I am behind on my reading, so I am just now beginning to catch up.  Having read this powerful poem, I find that my response to it is already summarized in Patricia's comment; so I will only commend the effect this poem has upon its readers, and the truth of her comment in describing that,

Please forgive my delay in: Please forgive my delay in replying to this.  And I liked what you said about Stevens' ability to create unusual titles without giving away the poem.  The great critic, Helen Vendler, who is probably the finest interpreter of Stevens' poetry, created a "reading strategy" for readers of Stevens' poems, and the first point she wrote was "distrust Stevens' titles."  The "Mountain Covered With Cats" has nothing to do with either mountains or cats.  But I think you described it better than she dd.

I believe I read this: I believe I read this excellent character study before, and it was a huge pleasure to analyze the revised version.   You’re a pro at planting us straight into a scene, right down to the battery candles and "The sauce glistening greasy on the dark wood table", and using those astutely chosen details, those flashes of shattering realism, to underscore the emotional dynamics of the story.   Here there was such a dramatic shift in the inner atmosphere that it felt like  plummeting from a cliff. What I found truly cunning was the way mid-century wallpaper went from magically quaint and trendy to a representation of everything tasteless, cheap and self-indulgent about the society that produced the cad.   A stunning feat of poetic manipulation.   Applauding once more!

Thank you!!: I am so glad you like it =D

Powerful: Powerful