When I first read this poem I though Og a guy that was really depressed. I thought that he was suicidal, or a cry for help. To me this person doesnt seem to happy with thereself. They seem like they are trying to hide there identity. They may be trying to throw everything down that well and possibly become someone new. By this I think Dickey is trying to state that the well is an escape. The person in this poem can use the well to shed any worries or there identity that they are not happy with and become a new person. The end of the poem states " My image of joy flow down" Its like he is happy that he is free of the person he was.
My thoughts on Dikey.
When I read Dickeys poems half the time I dont know whats going on but as I read on I notice that he is very physical and emotional in his poems. Even though he uses emotions and physical characteristics he does it in a decrete way. Like in the poem " The sheep Child. He talks about the boys getting sexually aroused but you dont really catch on to it until you read it again. Most of his poems are sexual so that makes me wonder about him. Maybe he was lonely and the only way he got pleasure was through his poems. Just my opinion. I must say My favorite poem that I have read of his was "Falling" this made the most sence to me. It was long but the way he did it made it interesting. He based it on her falling and the things she thought about while she was falling. The ending was a surprise its like she survived just enough time to think about the fact tht she couldve lived if there was water around her, to me that was sad because as she was falling she was so hopeful and reality didnt hit her until she was ready to die.
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i liked your interpretation of the underground stream. I had not thought of the well as an escape for him, or a place where he can shed the mask thats been given to him by society. i saw it more as a portal for him, to swich places with the person he loved that has died. but what you said is intresting.
I also thought that falling was really sad, the whole time she thought she could make it if only she found water. she doesnt and she survives her fall long enough to realize she could have... if only. to be falling like that and having the ability to still find some form of hope should be congradulated. because i know if i was plumeting to my death i would not have hope, i would be scared, upset and angry at whoever closed the plane door.
Really good interpretation of this poem. I agree that the well acted as a sort of scapegoat for the character in the poem. By looking in the well, he was able to shed the mask.
I agree that Dickey's poems are very sexual. I think that they are very real. They all talk about human nature in a realistic way. They are not talking about all of the good things, nor are they concentrated on all the bad things. I like how he talks about life as a cycle that includes all of our human and animal instincts. For example, we hunt, we are sexual etc. I also like that he did not disregard the fact that life cannot be a cycle without including death. I am glad that Dickey wrote about real instincts, and inevitable fates, this made him really realistic.
I agree with you, Dickeys poems are hard to read. I had to read all of them a few times to get an understanding of what the poem is about. But once I was able to interpret the poems the way I see it, they were all so interesting and unique. My favorite was "Falling". I thought that Dickey had a very imaginative way of writing that poem.
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