March Violets

Posted by Beth-Jo Gewirtz on 4:15 PM

Before: I am not sure what this poem means but I do know it is confusing. It is contradictory. It says "the time is right and the night is long" and then it says "the night is brief and the time is wrong." Is it right or wrong? Is it about animals meeting under the full moon? Or closer to Noah's Ark? Two by two?

Is it about monkeys? Playing in the trees and watering the vines?

After: After hearing from Caitlin and Tom about their thoughts and listening to the actual song, there are some different ideas that come to mind and make better sense than my monkey theory. Someone said their thought was that it was about war. I like that idea now.

Reality: The Ides of March is the middle of March. In reality, we won't know. The truth is in the mind of the author

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