tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post7350858845214745054..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: But nothing happens - premature celebration of the the 100th anniversary of Wilfred Owen becoming a great poetAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-47773626378745116022017-02-06T22:06:56.175-06:002017-02-06T22:06:56.175-06:00Yes, I thought I should just gush about Owen. Wha...Yes, I thought I should just gush about Owen. What a great poet. What a match of subject and form in the war poems.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-21937767547885917172017-02-06T20:39:43.386-06:002017-02-06T20:39:43.386-06:00Owen is amazing. I don't know what else to say...Owen is amazing. I don't know what else to say, except that I love how he uses traditional formal structures with such untraditional subject matter.mayareadsbookshttp://mayareadsbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-31177963749115259922017-02-06T19:52:16.070-06:002017-02-06T19:52:16.070-06:00Not to long ago I read The Delphi Complete Edition...Not to long ago I read The Delphi Complete Edition of his works. You can see the imoact of the English class structure in the poems which perhaps amplifies his love of the "common Tommy". The war poems are truly great, as you said the others show a poet just developing. Thanks for this post. Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-27965571518567670182017-02-06T09:27:26.867-06:002017-02-06T09:27:26.867-06:00Oh, yes, "vowels." Odd sideways error t...Oh, yes, "vowels." Odd sideways error there. Thanks; I'll correct.<br /><br />As for "black," I don't know. The word I think really hits there is the verb, "shudders." That I feel I have seen, the air shuddering during a blizzard.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-20686472998051480622017-02-06T09:23:09.103-06:002017-02-06T09:23:09.103-06:00"You vary the verbs, but keep the consonants&..."You vary the verbs, but keep the consonants": perhaps you mean vowels rather than verbs. Yes?<br /><br />"air that shudders black with snow": I've lived in some harsh arctic climates (e.g., Iceland), and I cannot relate to the image; what am I missing in "black with snow"?<br /><br />Poets in WW1, like everyone else in that carnage, were confronted by war in new and terrifying forms; the poets needed new and stronger language to express the new terror. Owens was a master!RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com