People we love began falling
Why "People we love" and not "People we loved"? Does it mean "we love some people in our life. That day those people we love were falling from the towers"?
Context:
The American painter and sculptor Eric Fischl created a sculpture entitled Tumbling Woman commemorating the victims of September 11, particularly the people who chose to jump from the World Trade Center. Using a single figure to raise attention to the human dimension of this attack, the artist intended it to be a “healing object” for mourners of this loss. The motif of the vulnerability of the human bodythat Fischl used is especially significant in this context. There is also a poem by Fischl inscribed on a plaque near the piece: “We watched, disbelieving and helpless, on that savage day. People we love began falling, helpless and in disbelief” (source).
Top answer
Assuming that "love" rather than "loved" is a considered choice, which in a poem it ought to be, the author presumably wants to convey the idea that we still love those people, even though they are (I presume) now dead.
- Assuming that "love" rather than "loved" is a considered choice, which in a poem it ought to be, the author presumably wants to convey the idea that we still love those people, even though they are (I presume) now dead.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
Assuming that "love" rather than "loved" is a considered choice, which in a poem it ought to be, the author presumably wants to convey the idea that we still love those people, even though they are (I presume) now dead.
0
Related Questions