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PrincessTigris

  • Member since February 14, 2006.
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  • on Peach Blossom at Dalin Temple by Bai JuYi, on June 19, 2004
    Wow. This was lovely. The title sets the stage for a very sadly inspiring poem. So many meanings that I an pull fom this. The literal feeling of sadness that comes after spring has passed. The fct that spirituality is treated as unimportant in our modern world, but still holds fast in some places. I thought this was very sweet, innocent, yet full of depth.

  • on XIX: To an Athlete Dying Young by A E Housman, on April 15, 2004

    Brilliant.

    I think I can say this is my favorite poem of all time. The depth, the feeling, the wonderous wording all bind together to create an impenetrable masterpiece of emotion as well as substance.

    If ever a poem deserved a second, third, or fiftieth look, it is this one. I have analyzed it many times and still find new and amazing wonders about it. It seems complex on first look, but as you read it a second time it seems simple. Then you read it again and find more and more meaning.
    The smoothness and placement of words fills you with an immense awe and you are left wholly unsatisfied at its conclusion:
    Why?

    It's a work of genius!

  • on A Serenade by Sir Walter Scott, on April 15, 2004
    I love Scott, especially Coronach, and find it fascinating the wording he uses in this poem. He has a way for smoothness and depth together. Great.

  • on The Flowers by Robert Louis Stevenson, on April 15, 2004

    Dreamy

    This reminds me alot of the style and attitude Leigh Hunt puts in his poetry. Very great. A classic.

    More people should embrace the old so as to understand better the new.