'Dayspring Mishandled' is another example where poem and story chime perfectly. I think he sort of got into a corner with the idea that there had to be a linked pair every time.
In an effort to drag it back on track, I'm surprised Lawrie (who has pretty canonically read 'Puck of Pook's Hill') still has a problem with Ariel. Puck has more self-determination, but he's not wildly far off Ariel in concept.
Re: Kipling reflections OT
Date: 2014-11-30 09:26 am (UTC)In an effort to drag it back on track, I'm surprised Lawrie (who has pretty canonically read 'Puck of Pook's Hill') still has a problem with Ariel. Puck has more self-determination, but he's not wildly far off Ariel in concept.