DDCPoetry

Original poem reprinted online here: "To a Young Girl in Washington Square Park" by George Green Originally read: July 4, 2013 More information about the Poet: George Green    Written in five quatrains, there's definitely a separation of focus from the first sections to the last sections as far as the subject matter; however, the speaker is consistent in the use of his imagination -- to transpose himself to as a "white knight" or, rather, someone of action intertwined not only with the current situation, but the past situation as well.  Note, I use the word "white knight" as a term as someone chivalrous but yet creates a "maiden" to save or disavow -- never the middle. Take for example the first stanza, when the speaker is addressing the girl, the allusions to the "Pre-Raphaelite Cordelia" mixed with "rock and roll" play with the idea of someone like Cordelia who is tragically loyal, mixed with the her "tarted up for ...