Discuss your favorite poems, poets, and poetry books - analysis, ideas, hidden meanings, random thoughts, etc.
8/19/2013 8:49:16 PM
Just That Archaic Poet
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Percy Shelley and Poe are two of my favorite poets, and I noticed that in their "famous" section, two of my most beloved poems were not mentioned, and I think they are two of the best poems ever written. You MUST read "A Dirge" by Shelley and "To___" by Poe.
"A Dirge" (Shelley)
Rough wind, that moanest loud
Grief too sad for song;
Wild wind, when sullen cloud
Knells all the night long;
Sad storm whose tears are vain,
Bare woods, whose branches strain,
Deep caves and dreary main,--
Wail, for the world’s wrong!
"To___" (Poe)
I heed not that my earthly lot
Hath little of Earth in it,
That years of love have been forgot
In the hatred of a minute:
I mourn not that the desolate
Are happier, sweet, than I,
But that you sorrow for my fate
Who am a passer-by.
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9/23/2013 9:42:19 AM
Victor Nwabeke
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The beauty of a poem lies, in the beholder's eyes. I think that piece rhymes, and stuns beauty wise.
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9/23/2013 12:58:50 PM
Just That Archaic Poet
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lol I do hope that means you enjoyed these two gems 
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9/26/2014 10:04:15 PM
Bob Atkinson
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"To___" (Poe)........................no mo poe, please
I heed not that my earthly lot.........the word "that" is redundant. (used 4 times, poor form)
Hath little of Earth in it,..................the word "it" shouldn't be used, (vague, no meaning)
That years of love have been forgot ..........the verb "to be" in all it's forms verboten
In the hatred of a minute:..........the word "the" shouldn't be used at all, (laziness)
I mourn not that the desolate ......."that, the" no no's
Are happier, sweet, than I, ......verb "to be (are) verboten
But that you sorrow for my fate.....there's "that" again
Who am a passer-by...........the verb "to be" (am) again, verboten
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11/26/2014 2:19:15 PM
James Marshall Goff
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the truly great ones go way beyond (there you go again!) rules....(again!) to create unforgettable art....I felt this poem by Poe deeply and lyrically...if you don't...no biggy!
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12/13/2014 12:14:36 AM
Kate Ginsberg
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It flows and is full of meaning. Poe would have laughed at this analysis I think. Sometimes art doesn't fit between the lines...it creates its own.
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9/23/2016 7:26:25 AM
Keith Logan
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Bob,
I have to conclude that your critique is meant to be taken with a very large pinch of salt. As such it is fun.
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10/30/2016 6:19:49 PM
Jerome Malenfant
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A bit off topic but I was surprised to see Muhammad Ali (???) listed as the 5th most famous modern poet in the list on this site. Nothing against Ali but, while he was famous, it was not because of his poetry (in my opinion).
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11/3/2016 3:04:34 PM
keith osborne
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Atkinson's "critique" is a cut and paste of another forum post of his. On the same poem! Not one bit original.
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11/29/2016 5:20:53 AM
Doug Vinson
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I see Shelley and Poe as brightly burning, and perhaps somewhere out there in the Aether there's a reason that thus were their lives shorter. Poe died at 40, Shelley at 29. Dang....
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10/3/2019 3:57:00 PM
Robert Lindley
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Yes Bob A, we should take great note of your prowess over that of such a giant and a legendary poet, as was Poe. Did you wash your arrogant clothes-because your bias is showing methinks.
edited by Robert Lindley on 10/3/2019
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