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Re: THOUGHTS: A glimpse of Botkin?
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In a message dated 5/21/2013 4:51:53 PM Central Daylight Time,
mbutterfly549@AOL.COM writes:
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> His response to "That's Dr. Sutton's light. That's the Great Bear." is to
> tell the reader that Dr. Sutton really refers to two people, both medical
> doctors and both living on the hill, hinting that line 119 in the poem
> refers to two people not one. He never mentioned this other doctor, whose house
> must sit uphill from Shade's, in his comments to lines 47-48. He, once
> again, references Gradus in the next comment (line 120-121).
Since CK refers to one Dr. Sutton as "Old Dr. Sutton," wouldn't that imply
that there's also a young Dr. Sutton who is living in the same house as his
presumably retired father? I am reminded of William Carlos Williams's son,
also a doctor, who later occupied his father's house and used his attached
office as well.
RSG
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mbutterfly549@AOL.COM writes:
>
> His response to "That's Dr. Sutton's light. That's the Great Bear." is to
> tell the reader that Dr. Sutton really refers to two people, both medical
> doctors and both living on the hill, hinting that line 119 in the poem
> refers to two people not one. He never mentioned this other doctor, whose house
> must sit uphill from Shade's, in his comments to lines 47-48. He, once
> again, references Gradus in the next comment (line 120-121).
Since CK refers to one Dr. Sutton as "Old Dr. Sutton," wouldn't that imply
that there's also a young Dr. Sutton who is living in the same house as his
presumably retired father? I am reminded of William Carlos Williams's son,
also a doctor, who later occupied his father's house and used his attached
office as well.
RSG
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