Poem found here: "Bantams in Pine-Woods" by Wallace Stevens This poem made me automatically search for analysis of it online. I don't understand this poem at all. Of course I'll put down my own thoughts, but this seems like a poem I could read from a L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poet who plays with meaning and the technique to go against meaning and technique. And I think the analysis on Wikipedia goes along those lines with: The new world's "inchling" poets are defiant towards the traditional literary canon, and particularly defiant against the unnamed, arrogant, self-appointed gatekeeper of literary tradition; they are confident instead in their own free powers of innovation in the New World. Sounds about right. Anyway, the first couplet is a play on language moreso than a play on content, "Chieftain Iffucan of Azcan in caftan / of tan with henna hackles, halt!" I think this is referring to the bantams in an overblown way -- the repetition of the ...
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