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- September in Australia by Henry Kendall 54 lines, 5 comments
- It's September by Edgar Albert Guest 26 lines, 4 comments
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On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. FRANCE by Anonymous, from AethelgregLearned controversies have agitated the rival partisans of the Langue d'oc and Langue d'oeil, as to their comparative antiquity, their mutual relations, and the degree of influence on the literature of modern Europe which may properly be ascribed to each. The exact period to be assigned to the formation of the proper Northern Romance we can hardly expect to determine; the most probable theory may be, that one common Romance was universally diffused as the popular tongue over the Gallic provinces at a very early period, perhaps even under the Roman Government itself, but at least during that gradual dissolution of the Roman institutions, which took place on the establishment of the barbarian monarchies.
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on Twistable Turnable Man by Sheldon Allan Silverstein, 3 hours agoFrom guest JuneRey (contact)
Omg great poem it has everything tongue twister man love this peom. -
on A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allan Poe, 3 hours agoFrom guest Karissa (contact)
i don't mean to sound rude this is in the nicest way, but i think only the real writer can interrpret(sorry if thats mispelled) what he/she is trying to say in their own poem . guest LJ is very wise and i agree with him/her, but no one can be foresure positive. Edgar allan poe was a wonderful and inspirational writer, and everybody might have a dif. view on this. -
on September in Australia by Henry Kendall, 5 hours agoThis is quite hard to read for those of us who live in the northern hemisphere. The idea of September bringing spring is so foreign. That's good - it makes us think, and also shows us what it must be like for Australians reading our poetry.
'In a darling old fashion' (line 18) is a bit feeble compared to the rest, which is very good.
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