tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550362681595915078.post7545279361300928467..comments2022-06-01T09:43:39.880-04:00Comments on The Year of Whitman: Text Discussion #6: O Tan-Faced Prairie-Boy - Drum TapsScott Guinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12241711354719685034noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550362681595915078.post-88985346693723869172022-06-01T09:43:39.880-04:002022-06-01T09:43:39.880-04:00I kind of established the boy being a personified ...I kind of established the boy being a personified version of a desolate grassland during the war, as prairie is literally grassland so the personification would be using tan-faced to show the destruction war has had on the land, and the gifts which the land is giving the troops is food. As if the land is sacrificing itself without asking for anything in return by being reserved in speech, which would make sense to the word Taciturn. Perhaps its a double meaning, however. I can definitely see how this could relate to an actual boy coming into war. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550362681595915078.post-32594044391193945242016-10-02T06:56:15.230-04:002016-10-02T06:56:15.230-04:00For me it is about a strong feeling of attraction ...For me it is about a strong feeling of attraction that an older man has for a young boy; on the surface they seem incompatible, from different social classes, with the younger man not even seeking this love. The older man has everything he could wish for in life, except love. The moment when he sees this boy, he falls in love at first sight, and it is this feeling of awakening, of vibrancy and of passion that he finds rewarding and fulfilling - and in this sense even though the boy has given him nothing in the literal sense, he has given him everything in the spiritual sense. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6550362681595915078.post-15368691536535104892016-04-26T11:06:33.423-04:002016-04-26T11:06:33.423-04:00I always thought it was Walt falling in love with ...I always thought it was Walt falling in love with him at first sight. And the return smile made him happy.renehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18279911661023200870noreply@blogger.com