on Order of Key West

The Order of Key West has obvious relations to the chart thingy we talked about in class.

Acient world- focus on universe

the sea and the sky is the universe, an understandable symbol since it only makes up about 3/4 of our planet. the woman exists in the sea, in the world. Even though it is mentioned that her song affected the universe (... made the sky acutest at its vanishing), I think its meant more in the sense that it changed the audience's perception, not that she actually changed the sky.

neo-classical- focus on audience

The audience is the "we" and "our" that is referred to throughout. It's never clear exactly who the we is, but regardless, it establishes a definite audience. It also possibly changes the poem because it means that we are seeing the woman through someone's eyes and getting their perspective on it, as opposed to a totally objective outside viewpoint. As the reader, we are also the audience since we are seeing the scene through the eyes of the poet.

Romantics- focus on artist

Obviously the woman is the artist. She is the creator of the song. Through her song she creates a whole scene that the audience sees where the sea and sky seem to change as a result of her song. So really she is creating more than just a work or text, she is creating an, I don't know, experience I guess.

Modern- focus on work

You can interchange work with text. In that case it is the song she sang because that is what she created. As mentioned before though, her creation really isn't limited to just her song, because the poet focuses on how her song affects all her surroundings. So really she is creating more than just a song.

The work is the song she sang.