I think I connected most with "The Tally Stick." This is because I thought it was the most straight forward and easiest to understand. It didn't really have any hidden meanings, the author was describing what he had been through with his lover. He had a piece of wood that tracked everything they experienced together. I also just think that it is a nice concept to have something that makes it possible to look back on things that have gotten you to a certain point in your life. It can help you look back on those memories and bring back those feelings and make you fall in love all over again. Even when he has the marks when someone passed away, the event itself isn't nice to remember but the fact that they went through it together and helped each other through the pain reminds them of their love for each other.
I also thought "The Tally Stick" was the poem I connected with most. I think the reason I connected with it so much is because I interpreted it as someone looking into the future and telling the love of his life what he sees or wants to happen. I personally thought it was all just a "day dream" of the narrator's love and adoration of someone. The stick was a timeline of what he can see happening in a form of art. I think this is especially unique because everyone has dreams like this with their own fantasies put in; where every detail is thought through, every move is planned out, and everything is described as perfect. To me it was a warming story that gave me the feeling I get when I see a very old couple holding hands or something just like that. It is a feeling that is hard to describe, a feeling of happiness for those two people but at the same time longing for what they have. To go even further with that point, the aspect of doing all of these things described on the stick together makes it a story about not just love, but companionship.
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I think I connected most with "The Tally Stick." This is because I thought it was the most straight forward and easiest to understand. It didn't really have any hidden meanings, the author was describing what he had been through with his lover. He had a piece of wood that tracked everything they experienced together. I also just think that it is a nice concept to have something that makes it possible to look back on things that have gotten you to a certain point in your life. It can help you look back on those memories and bring back those feelings and make you fall in love all over again. Even when he has the marks when someone passed away, the event itself isn't nice to remember but the fact that they went through it together and helped each other through the pain reminds them of their love for each other.
I also thought "The Tally Stick" was the poem I connected with most. I think the reason I connected with it so much is because I interpreted it as someone looking into the future and telling the love of his life what he sees or wants to happen. I personally thought it was all just a "day dream" of the narrator's love and adoration of someone. The stick was a timeline of what he can see happening in a form of art. I think this is especially unique because everyone has dreams like this with their own fantasies put in; where every detail is thought through, every move is planned out, and everything is described as perfect. To me it was a warming story that gave me the feeling I get when I see a very old couple holding hands or something just like that. It is a feeling that is hard to describe, a feeling of happiness for those two people but at the same time longing for what they have. To go even further with that point, the aspect of doing all of these things described on the stick together makes it a story about not just love, but companionship.
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