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Analysis of "Series" by Geoffrey G. O'Brien

Original poem reprinted online here:  "Series" by Geoffrey G. O'Brien Originally read: August 14, 2013 More information about the Poet: Geoffrey G. O'Brien Prepositional phrases.  Usually meant to indicate where something is located, the poem hinges on how "to ____" something.  Note this isn't a command necessarily, this is more of advice.  In order to do something, something needs to be considered. For example, "To remember people in the act / Of speaking is to love them"  what is considered with this line is to "love them" and in order to love them, "[someone has] to remember people in the act of speaking.  However this line is also qualified with, "And not the turquoise substrate / Redon supposed was all there was"  I don't know what these lines means.  I tried looking them up, but they still don't make sense to me.  I do know that there is a definition through negation with the "and not", and proba...