recalls the mediaeval poet's desire to fix earthly events in their planetary context (Dante's geographical and cosmological scene-setting in the Divine Comedy springs to mind). The title itself evokes, for the astrologically inclined, the month of September, which, towards its end, is ruled by Libra, the only sign of the zodiac represented by an inanimate object, the scales of justice.Though astrology is no longer the respectable branch of enquiry it was in Dante's time, that dimension helps secure the poem's moral bearings.
from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: Poem of the week: Balance by James Womack
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