Its speaker "spent the last daysÂ…ransacking Athens" for Rilke's German version of ValÃ©ry's "Palme," and works with his Alsatian governess, whom he calls "Mademoiselle," to solve a jigsaw puzzle.
Shapes described in this poem include a "witch on broomstick, ostrich, hourglass," each of w hich contains a "scrap of highly colored Evidence the Law must put together." This poem's speaker recalls his marionettes, one of which was a "sidelit goosegirlÂ…play[ing] Guinevere as well as Gunmoll Jean." This poem describes the gradual formation of the image of "a Sheik with beard and flashing sword hilt" and also remarks, "Quite a task, putting together Heaven, yet we do." A character in this poem tells the narrator of "her French hopes, her German fears." This poem was published in the collection Divine Comedies, and ends with the comfort of (*) "shade and fiber, milk and memory." Its speaker "spent the last daysÂ…ransacking Athens" for Rilke's German version of ValÃ©ry's "Palme," and works with his Alsatian governess, whom he calls "Mademoiselle," to solve a jigsaw puzzle. For 10 points, name this poem by James Merrill about memory and shifting languages.
Shapes described in this poem include a "witch on broomstick, ostrich, hourglass," each of w hich contains a "scrap of highly colored Evidence the Law must put together.
"Lost in Translation"