a minor, offhand thought. Syd had probably read Rilke's justifiably memorable poem about the caged leopard. and when he added this memory to his song, he included the word "borrowed" to indicate it wasn't entirely original; it was a literary allusion.
and thus--probably more-or-less accidentally--he created this unusual but marvelous image. melding together rhyme, the beast inside, and an appeal to the surreal: putting it all together in a way which sounds pleasing.
a minor, offhand thought. Syd had probably read Rilke's justifiably memorable poem about the caged leopard. and when he added this memory to his song, he included the word "borrowed" to indicate it wasn't entirely original; it was a literary allusion.
and thus--probably more-or-less accidentally--he created this unusual but marvelous image. melding together rhyme, the beast inside, and an appeal to the surreal: putting it all together in a way which sounds pleasing.