
Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery
Poem Talk
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What Could Be Amazing About Trees?
Carlos: I read this poem in one of your classes. It strikes me as, it's kind of another tutorial comment that precedes descriptive language. He opens with, these are amazing, but you don't know what you're looking at. So it sets you up in a way to say, well, what exactly is it that you think is so amazing? Perfect. Thank you for starting there.
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