tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1911987202062568930..comments2024-03-17T05:07:13.710-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Work - work - work! - a Carlylean Christmas poem from Thomas HoodAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-36888120079454345992010-07-23T09:06:13.520-05:002010-07-23T09:06:13.520-05:00Same here - Hood is underappreciated. The Last Ma...Same here - Hood is underappreciated. <i>The Last Man</i>, <i>Miss Kilmansegg</i>. Lots of good, surprising poems.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33255671816175253042010-07-23T02:50:29.430-05:002010-07-23T02:50:29.430-05:00I like Hood a lot - partly because I have a weakne...I like Hood a lot - partly because I have a weakness for puns (unlike many people, I do not think they should be punished) and partly for his combination of social satire and galloping but complex verse forms. <i>Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg</i>, a mock epic of sorts, is one of my favourites. Also his 'Sonnet to Vauxhall', which wonderfully telescopes bad weather, terrible food, crowds, fashion, pretentious talk, and damp squibs into 14 breathless but deathless lines.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.com