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Poetic License
North Miami Beach, FL August 22, 2001 Aaron H.
Schectman
THINKING ALLOWED
Essays on issues, ideas and reflections on the times. Published now and
then, Opinions pro or con are welcome.
POETIC LICENCE
I'm back to my routine getting out before sunrise to bicycle down nearly
empty streets listening to my taped course on King Arthur and Chivalry. I
have finished the first part and have started on the second.
The course instructor, Bonnie Wheeler, is unequivocal and vocal about the
medieval poet, Cretian, as responsible for much of the romantic drivel that
drives our social world today. Think about it. We make women into ladies
and place them on pedestals in our minds when at the same time we have freed
women so they can act like men. The two things are mutually exclusive. The
scary thing is that many women would prefer to be ladies and not get out of
the role and accept the fact that life is down and dirty.
You have to figure out for yourself what I meant by that. What I mean
about poetic license is that the writer or poet if you prefer, sees things
that others do not and by twists of and arcane use of words pushes us to see
things that ordinarily are not really there in real life.
Actually, if you think more about it you see where the Poet with his use of
poetic license gave the male of the species licence to try to do more than
his hunting and fighting skills equipped him. He was definitely out of his
league when he used his superior strength to build pedestals and turned to
face the world that wanted what he put up there.
I like opening doors for others. My sister taught me to walk on the
outside to protect my companion who was on the inside. I think that the
impregnation of wombs makes mandatory putting hobbles on the male to keep
him near to help raise the young he started. This latter has absolutely
nothing to do with pedestals. It is also important that sweet young things
think more and be taught to be strong and self-reliant and look for reliable
partners. Leave the romantic drivel to poets. What do you think?
Carol's Evaluation: 10 out of 10.
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