If…”lips only sing when they cannot kiss,” it may also be that poets only talk when they cannot sing. [T.S. Eliot]
By reading and analyzing this quote in the passage of New Years sacrifice. It had really got me thinking as what his quote is trying to bring out. Lips only sing when they cannot kiss … To me this part of the passage is saying poets have such a desire for there work they compare to not being able to be kissed by one. This had me once again connect this passage to love. Love can come in many shapes and forms. Poets have such love for their work they compare it to being kissed. It may also be that poets only talk when they cannot sing. My interpretation of this part would be they can express love in their own ways but don’t have to express it the way others would expect it to sound like which connect with ”they cannot sing”. Singing is a sign of happiness and fruitfulness and liveliness. Poets have work of their own kind and some of their work are not able to be sung. As a poet I feel you have to explore and bring out the worst and the best as we see through out the semester … king lear … metamorphosis … Bartleby .. not all of them have great endings or beginnings or plots to begin with. But yet they are novels people enjoy reading they dont have to be happy to be sung. This semester truly brought out so much within myself. I thought more into life … I actually went into depth within my inner being on what Professor polesny was saying all semester. I truly cannot thank him enough for making my first semester (first class) in Baruch a one I will remember for years to come. Thank you Professor Polesny.