The largest Fire ever known 1
Occurs each Afternoon-
Discovered is without surprise
Proceeds without concern-
Consumes and no report to men 5
An Occidental Town,
Rebuilt another morning
To be burned down again.
Occurs each Afternoon-
Discovered is without surprise
Proceeds without concern-
Consumes and no report to men 5
An Occidental Town,
Rebuilt another morning
To be burned down again.
(F.974/J.1114)
[1] Fire:: the fire used to burn garbage.
[2-4] each Afternoon, without concern:: garbage burning, a regular and common thing.
[5] Consumes:: a hint on garbage, waste after consumption.
Another View
[1] Fire:: passion, in writing poems.
[2] Afternoon:: procrastinating, slow, lazy, as afternoon farmer (OED 3b).
[3] Discovered, without surprise:: those poems are riddled.
[4] without concern:: no one cared about her poems.
[5] no report to men:: without publishing.
[6] Occidental:: towards the sun sets, a hint on dying, lack of vitality. An Occidental Town:: a town lack of vigor.
[7-8] Rebuilt, burned, again:: she kept on writing, and kept on being ignored.