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7/20/2016 7:17:39 AM
Ranjit Iyer
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Beauty Poem 1
What cherubim or spirits shall entreat
To preach the litany of thy beauty?
If rhyme and meter be the judge,
Then let my odes of bygone years
Fill dunes of sweet romanticism
With the stink of pusillanimity and nonsense.
Shall the minstrel regale thee in coquettish glee,
When springtime comes? What are his lyrics and songs
To describe the rapture of the gentle looks
That I long to hear alone.
Will spiteful maidens sob in the arms of their lovers
As you busily pass on the corner road?
What to speak of such frivolous indiscretion?
Only beauty without appellation will know.
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7/21/2016 10:17:57 PM
Tom Arnone
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Actually, I more than like your non-rhyming sonnet. Trying to understand the meaning here (had to look up the bigly words, pusillanimity and appellation). Are you saying the narrator was cavalier and lacking in the courage necessary to pursue his secret love?
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7/22/2016 8:19:10 PM
Ranjit Iyer
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TJ_Arnone wrote:
Actually, I more than like your non-rhyming sonnet. Trying to understand the meaning here (had to look up the bigly words, pusillanimity and appellation). Are you saying the narrator was cavalier and lacking in the courage necessary to pursue his secret love?
Thanks for the comment! I thought I should have been more specific about the poem's theme, myself. I basically wanted to discuss the idea of "beauty without description."
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9/23/2016 12:52:08 PM
Keith Logan
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I find myself unable to find a starting point to discuss a sonnet that holds neither to rhyme nor meter.
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