(Aauza Mack)
In the poem "Peter Quince at the Clavier" first part, the speaker seems to be talking of music and then goes on to describe how music is not a sound but is a feeling. The speaker seems to have a desire for music which in turn leads into the transition of a group of men having a desire for a married woman. They watch the woman, Susanna, from afar and yearn her, but know that she can not be touched because she belongs to someone else, unlike today's society where a man or a woman do not care about the boundaries of a relationship. As presented in the first part of the poem it is obvious that looks and touch can cause desire but to what extent. What is the price of you desiring something that does not belong to you? Part one also described the men or “elders” that desired Susanna as being “red-eyed” which could possible mean evil or maybe tired from looking at something that they so desired so much but still they watched her. The speaker is comparing his desire for music to the desiring of a group of men for one single lady, the men seem to have much more desire than the speaker but still he is comparing them as though they were equal
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Ms. Mack. This is a very good post and from what you have said it describes the story all so well. It seems that you took a long time to try and figure out what the writer of this story was talking of. What you were saying though about Susanna not wanting to be touched because she belongs to someone else is, like you said, the exact opposite of our world today. It is very unfortunate that things have come down to the things that they have. Morals seemed to have gone down the drain and no one really cares about them anymore. Ms. Mack this was a great comment. And I truly enjoyed reading it.
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