"He chains me with that serpent to that Ethiopian wall" I have always looked at this line as:
The serpent represents the man and his power over her, chaining her to that ethiopian wall as if he were the master and she the slave. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: notches liberation doll and that serpent >Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:36:04 EST > >And how about the line, "He chains me with that serpent to that Ethiopian >wall?" > >I know that we can all guess what "that serpent" is, although Joni would >probably deny it, as she did with "boom boom pachyderm." But what is an >Ethiopian wall, aside from a wall in Ethiopia? Is this a reference to poetry >or literature that I'm not getting? > >Thanks, > > --Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: Click Here
