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  • on Ulysses by Alfred Lord Tennyson, on October 6, 2006
    I think people often forget that in leaving, Odysseus basicaly abandons his domestic duties. When I read this poem I get the sense that Tennyson is imploring the reader to push forward in life, but also critical of excess.

  • on Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley, on October 2, 2006
    I noticed a lot of comments on the structure of this poem. The rhyme scheme here, although clever, is not unusual. If you look at the poem closely, you'll notice that the apparent "Terza Rima layout" conceals the fact that this poem is actualy five sonnets.

    I like how Shelley seems to be breaking appart the sonnet tradition by essentialy "scattering" and "blowing" the older verse form away.