[close reading] Relation of poem to the Intimations Ode and Mont Blanc.  Interesting referential confusion in student comment.  Edgar's song.  Its contextlessness.  The fact that the title is in quotation marks: it is a quotation.  Slughorns and slogans.  The hoary cripple.  The ominous tract which all agree hides the Dark Tower being the text ("tract") of Lear.

[close reading] Relation of poem to the Intimations Ode and Mont Blanc. Interesting referential confusion in student comment. Edgar's song. Its contextlessness. The fact that the title is in quotation marks: it is a quotation. Slughorns and slogans. The hoary cripple. The ominous tract which all agree hides the Dark Tower being the text ("tract") of Lear.

[close reading] Relation of poem to the Intimations Ode and Mont Blanc. &nbsp;Interesting referential confusion in student comment. &nbsp;Edgar's song. &nbsp;Its contextlessness. &nbsp;The fact that the title is in quotation marks: it is a quotation. &nbsp;Slughorns and slogans. &nbsp;The hoary cripple. &nbsp;The ominous tract which all agree hides the Dark Tower being the text ("tract") of Lear.

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First class on Browning's Childe Roland

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