falls away. The dialogue itself falls away—all yielding to the idea that this concluding thought is "only for your ears." That closing passage of interior thoughts, what in fiction might be called "omniscient narration," makes the poem feel, to me, as though not simply heard but overheard.[--by William Butler Yeats]
"Adam's Curse"
from Robert Pinsky: Slate: Conversation Piece: Why so much casual talk in Yeats' brilliant poem "Adam's Curse"?
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