tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6589806019833510122..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Good George Meredith lines - autumn, a curvy owl, the long noon cooAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-11607010205020574892013-10-04T21:53:44.169-05:002013-10-04T21:53:44.169-05:00You may be disappointed.
"Turtle Soup"
...You may be disappointed.<br /><br />"Turtle Soup"<br /><br />"The Mock Turtle sighed deeply, and began, in a voice sometimes choked with sobs, to sing this:--<br /><br /> 'Beautiful Soup, so rich and green,<br /> Waiting in a hot tureen!<br /> Who for such dainties would not stoop?<br /> Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!<br /> Soup of the evening, beautiful Soup!<br /> Beau--ootiful Soo--oop!<br /> Beau--ootiful Soo--oop!<br /> Soo--oop of the e--e--evening,<br /> Beautiful, beautiful Soup!"<br /><br />Etc.<br /><br />As the Gryphon said "in a rather offended tone,<br />'Hm! No accounting for tastes!'"Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-66606169063419696552013-10-04T21:33:15.318-05:002013-10-04T21:33:15.318-05:00The greatest poem of the 19th. Century? I cannot f...The greatest poem of the 19th. Century? I cannot figure out which one it is! <br />Help!Cleanthesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363416290397892659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33242657357212734402013-10-04T09:47:17.251-05:002013-10-04T09:47:17.251-05:00Lots more good lines. To restate the issue in a w...Lots more good lines. To restate the issue in a way that reflects poorly on me, I have read a number of Meredith poems that I did not really understand, but I am always able to pull out some promising lines.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-51866795676716520332013-10-04T09:22:05.681-05:002013-10-04T09:22:05.681-05:00Hoo indeed? Those are some good lines you pull out...Hoo indeed? Those are some good lines you pull out. I am sure there are more. There's nothing like sexy Victorian poetry that on the surface refers to one thing but really means something else! :)Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-70604864110128296222013-10-04T08:18:30.414-05:002013-10-04T08:18:30.414-05:00I do not particularly associate Browning's dra...I do not particularly associate Browning's dramatic monologue's with blank verse. A lot of them certainly are, especially the longer ones.<br /><br />"The Lark Ascending" would have been a good source of lines for this post. "The Woods of Westermain" Is not in my book. I have seen it mentioned elsewhere, too, so I should track it down - thanks. Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-35408629671979954022013-10-04T02:51:49.282-05:002013-10-04T02:51:49.282-05:00"“The Old Chartist” (1862) is a Browning-like..."“The Old Chartist” (1862) is a Browning-like dramatic monologue"<br />...except that it's in formal stanzas, not blank verse so not very Browning-like. There's also "The Woods of Westermain", characteristically obscure, but it seems to be a warning that nature- and nature- poetry- isn't safe for everyone. "The Lark Ascending" has second-hand fame: it inspired Vaughan Williams's very popular short work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com