Mary Efremov writes:

muscat grape refers to the smelly seed of the gingko, shed in november

De Vries' article makes valuable points about the role of the "muscat grape" in the poem. I am still trying to figure it out.

Stephen Blackwell

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the cat is on the chain, tethered to the tree and he can walk about. The word for a female cat is koshka, kot is the male.

How do you understand it? He is tethered to the tree and walks as far as the chain

will allow him in either direction?

By the way, can"kot" refer to male and/or female, or strictly the tom?

Carolyn Kunin