Rea Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 please dont worry if you have no idea what this is about. I told Sue R, Hali and Beau that I would show them a discussion I'd seen but chat wouldnt let me paste. Confused???? ''Well, if the point of the Red Hat Society is just about choosing to look silly and have fun, they Have missed the point. The aging process includes some subtle and volitional changes and some completely altering and completely involuntary. The poem alludes to all of these. The Red Hat gang doesn't do much spitting and pulling of alarm bells. They're doing good deeds, they're organizing groups, meetings, luncheons, chapters, causes.... They're probably still paying the rent, forgoing swearing, reading the papers, and trying to set a good example. The poem foretells a greater state of disinhibition. The literalist selection of red hats and purple clothes defies the individuated call to action- to Ovarios! to lime green pedal pushers! and to orange anaoraks! - of the poem. It does indeed descend to mere mimickry. The poem calls for a bit of honor and a lot of realism in aging. It doesn't beg a group of mature women to act like highly giddy, but equally highly insecure, conformist schoolgirls for the day on a regularly scheduled basis. '' This is the site, fancy getting so serious about a poem http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poe...comments&page=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Well, thanks Rea!! But where is the baby in the LG with purple spots?? No, I agree, how sad must you be...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beau Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I can't say too much Rea as my daughter is going English Lit at uni and has to write similar waffle for her assignments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 i think its fab!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I think its fab as well - purples my favourite colour!!!! I have a little book of this poem. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rea Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 As requested by our esteemed Sue R...baby in LG with purple spots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue R Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Thanks for sharing !! I wish I'd found something like that for mine - the best I could manage was picalilli yellow!! Disgusting, but it was a statement!! Sue PS, what a cutie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I've loved that poem since I first encountered it at school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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