Eyes Comments

Used up! ! Thanks for sharing.

To me the appeal of this poem seems too limited and its reference points too fixed and personal. There's some good images and descriptive passages, but I hope I never have to know whether he's captured his subject adequately or not. And I have great respect for Thurber, I'm not a huge fan but certainly an admirer. But all in all the poem remains outside my wheelhouse in a way that doesn't beg for me to extend myself and try to capture the essence. It that sense it remains a little dry and clinical instead of compelling and/or challenging in a good way.