Piano Practice
Piano Practice - meaning Summary
Yearning Beneath Idle Practice
A brief scene shows a woman mechanically practising a sharp etude on a summer afternoon while yearning for a different, more real life. Her playing channels impatience and a hope for an imminent change, but a sudden glimpse of the park and a desire for a long book interrupt her. The gesture that follows—pushing away the jasmine scent—signals a frustrated recoil from both longing and the sensual present.
Read Complete AnalysesThe summer hums. The afternoon fatigues; she breathed her crisp white dress distractedly and put into it that sharply etched etude her impatience for a reality that could come: tomorrow, this evening--, that perhaps was there, was just kept hidden; and at the window, tall and having everything, she suddenly could feel the pampered park. With that she broke off; gazed outside, locked her hands together; wished for a long book-- and in a burst of anger shoved back the jasmine scent. She found it sickened her.
Feel free to be first to leave comment.