tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post189958019224304009..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: An Inflorescence (A Flowering of Poetry Every Friday - Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold)Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-18569350003562043342007-09-21T14:37:00.000-04:002007-09-21T14:37:00.000-04:00I can't remember how I was lead to this poem, but ...I can't remember how I was lead to this poem, but I think it was a reference to it in a book, probably a novel. For me it always described with remarkable specificity the impossible promises of human progress.Imanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647980707788075258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-45189147160078908862007-09-21T11:15:00.000-04:002007-09-21T11:15:00.000-04:00Sheila, it's a stunner isn't it? And I find it am...Sheila, it's a stunner isn't it? And I find it amazing how, with the undercurrent of pentameter, I never get the feeling that he's struggling to make the words fit the rhythm - only that they do.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-15504117620167024162007-09-21T10:30:00.000-04:002007-09-21T10:30:00.000-04:00As far as I'm concerned - the language from "Ah, l...As far as I'm concerned - the language from "Ah, love" until the end is just about as good as poetry gets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-37251040883227961822007-09-21T09:20:00.000-04:002007-09-21T09:20:00.000-04:00I had heard that he wrote it when a newly wed - I ...I had heard that he wrote it when a newly wed - I hadn't heard it dated that specifically! I hope his bride liked poetry.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-81943808568936707192007-09-21T08:36:00.000-04:002007-09-21T08:36:00.000-04:00There is a legend he wrote this poem on his weddin...There is a legend he wrote this poem on his wedding night.Inter Glossahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473279341250488198noreply@blogger.com