8-lines of analysis torture, lol. Lost.
"Vain are these pomps, thy funeral rites to grace," - Dodsley, Robert; A POEM to the Memory of THOMAS, late Marquiss of WHARTON, Lord Privy Seal.... https://artflsrv04.uchicago.edu/phil...igate/1069/121
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8-lines of analysis torture, lol. Lost.
"Vain are these pomps, thy funeral rites to grace," - Dodsley, Robert; A POEM to the Memory of THOMAS, late Marquiss of WHARTON, Lord Privy Seal.... https://artflsrv04.uchicago.edu/phil...igate/1069/121
Got a bit mixed up here.
No decent analysis available, just eliteskills. Maybe we are getting a bit too dependent on these ai analyses. I usually don´t understand the poems of ED, because her images are unusual and cryptic. But that is why she is a great poet.
Was thinking about this nice custom of singing the virtues of the (usually noble) deceased. Today the homages in the social nets are much less poetic.
"White-robed nun, I pray thee tell me"."Sounds From The Convent" by Fannie Isabelle Sherrick
https://allpoetry.com/Sounds-From-The-Convent
Homage: so true.
Enjoyed this poem of musing on the life of a nun and the choices made and speculate.
Poem by a poet with an 'x' in their name...
"If I could, I would put on a facemask and walk into the desert to" - Xi Chuan; Ode to Facemasks/Translated By Lucas Klein... https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...e-to-facemasks
Enjoyed this Ode on Facemasks written during pandemics. Very original.:)
"You don't believe -- I won't attempt to make ye:"."You don't believe" by William Blake
https://allpoetry.com/You-Don%27t-Believe
Interesting poem on faith... Enjoyed :)
Poem by a poet with a 'z' in their name:
"Up Carmel's wood-clad height an aged prophet slowly creeps," - Zebulon Rudulph; "A View From Mount Carmel... https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-vi...-mount-carmel/
Getting curious what identity is hidden behind the name of Zebulon Rudulph, because the poems are much better than one usually expects from internet users. Enjoyed!
"All those times I was bored". "Bored" by Margareth Atwood
https://allpoetry.com/Margaret-Atwood
ZR: Famous poet /1794-1866 according to AllPoetry... found a short bio: https://www.cecildaily.com/cecilwhig...a4b4fc4ce.html
"The boring rhythm of doing / things over and over, carrying / the wood, drying / the dishes." Unhappy at being married evidently. Enjoyed.
"Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans" - Edwin Markham; The Man with the Hoe... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_with_the_Hoe
Thanks for the bio of ZR. I thought all the time it was an user because the for our times somewhat extravagant name. Only his poetry read much better than the usual thing.
"The Man with the Hoe".What a wonderful poem! And I wonder if it is much known even in US.
"Childhood, sweet and sunny childhood,"." Childhood" by David Bates
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/childhood
"Childhood is a fountain welling,"... Enjoyed :)
"Dry August burned. A harvest hare" - Walter de la Mare; Dry August Burned... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327793-...ter-de-la-Mare
Good poem but sounds familiar.
"ERE this short winter's day be gone,"."A BIRTH-DAY OFFERING TO A YOUNG LADY. FROM HER LOVER" by George Canning
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry....86-w0410.shtml
Ah, the years take a toll. Two birds of various feather... and a mention of pre-existance... enjoyed :)
"Five little Girls, sitting on a form," - Kate Greenaway; At School... https://www.poetrycat.com/kate-greenaway/at-school
Cute poem!"
"Go away girl, go away". Spike-Milligan,"Goodbye SS"
https://www.poemine.com/Spike-Milligan/Goodbye-S-S.html
Bad breakup ?
"Hi! Handsome hunting man," - Walter de la Mare; Hi!... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494521-H...ter-de-la-Mare
re:Prolly.
Didn't like the tone of the poem.
"I was returning from hunting, and walking along an avenue of the garden, my " The Sparrow " by Ivan Turgenev
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8562665-T...-Ivan-Turgenev
I think Wally was being hyper-critical through sarcasm.
Poignant vignette... Enjoyed the poem immensely :)
"Just as the sun went bathing in a sea" - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; Geraldine... https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/...ne-11472757470
Site was down again yesterday evening.
What a bitter, vindictive poem! And written by a woman! These Victorian and Puritan women, aiaai!
"Knocking, knocking, ever knocking?"."Knocking" by Harriet Beecher Stowe
https://www.poemine.com/Harriet-Beec.../Knocking.html
Always knocking... Heartfelt... enjoyed :)
"Little by little and one by one," - Ella Wheeler Wilcox; One By One... https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...e-by-one-33211
Beautiful creation poem!
"Marlboro' and Waterloo and Trafalgar,"."The Streets" by John Frederick Freeman
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com.../streets-15924
"But there's a child that walks those streets of war," Interesting introspection poem. The poet was "a close friend of Walter de la Mare from 1907" - wikipedia. Enjoyed :)
"Nay, nay, sweet England, do not grieve!" - Walter de la Mare; How Sleep the Brave"... https://allpoetry.com/-How-Sleep-the-Brave-
Either my cat or the duplicate bug, lol
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Lol! Maybe Tinker wants to play Alphabetical.
Poem in honor of fallen soldiers
"One lesson, Nature, let me learn of thee,"."Quiet Work" by Mathew Arnold
https://www.poetrycat.com/matthew-arnold/quiet-work
https://allpoetry.com/Quiet-Work
Perhaps... he's only shown interest in sitting between me and the laptop for two weeks - he has a bit to catch up :)
"Laborers that shall not fail, when man is gone." Elemental work, tranquil as opposed to man's work. Enjoyed the poem and analysis :)
"Playing her parchment moon" - Federico García Lorca; The Gypsy and the Wind... https://allpoetry.com/The-Gypsy-And-The-Wind
Seems he wants more attention from you.
https://www.public-domain-poetry.com...y-spring-21143
Have to load the tablet.
Yes. Since he took over the bed this early morning I slept in my reclining chair and he came out meowing all through the house after my alarm went off, finally settling between me and the laptop (in between games), got his requisite scritches and left (he's staring out the window at the dawn perched on his cat tree).
Enchanting poem! Loved it! :)
"RING-A-RING of little boys." - Kate Greenaway; Ring-A-Ring... https://allpoetry.com/Ring-A-Ring
... and he's back so I can't browse...
Do you usually sleep in your reclining chair? If not, maybe he is a bit upset for not finding you in your usual place.
Thanks for the Lorca he is one of my fav poets.
Enjoyed this "Ciranda" by Kate Greenaway!
"Secrets"."Secrets" by Lola Ridge
https://allpoetry.com/poem/13757806-...-by-Lola-Ridge
Lorca :)
Generally Tinker doesn't sleep on the bed until after I lay down... but when he does I sleep on my recliner in front of my 'desk' with my laptop on it facing the telly.
Enjoyed the poem and the summary :)
"Tritemius of Herbipolis, one day," - John Greenleaf Whittier; The Gift Of Tritemius... https://www.poetrycat.com/john-green...t-of-tritemius
Lol I call this a territorial invasion!
Enjoyed the Tritemius legend!
"Upon my lap my sovereign sits"."Upon my lap my sovereign sits" by Martin Peerson
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/cont...sovereign-sits
Sweet lullaby... enjoyed :)
"VIRTUE, stern Tutress, hail!" - Richard Shepherd; ARISTOTLE's PAEAN TO VIRTUE IMITATED... https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry....84-w0580.shtml
Very 18th century!
"Woodcutter."."The Song of the Barren Orange Tree"
*https://allpoetry.com/The-Song-of-th...en-Orange-Tree
Lorca. A bleak poem of yearning... enjoyed :)
"X marks the spot in my heart" - Lucyosborne831; X marks the spot... https://allpoetry.com/poem/17145940-...Lucyosborne831
Moving poem, but oh so sad!
"Ye voices, that arose "."L' Envoi" A poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
https://www.poetrycat.com/henry-wads...fellow/l-envoi
Lol, learned that EA Poe didn't care for Longfellow: https://www.eapoe.org/works/criticsm/ar45l01.htm
Poe's critique of L'Envoi: "The volume ends with “L’Envoi,” a most affected, farfetched, and altogether contemptible imitation, or parody, of the worst mannerisms of the Germans." Enjoyed :)
Poem by a poet with 'z' in their name...
"Last night the rain was light, the wind fierce," - Li Qingzhao; To the Tune of Ru Meng Ling... https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/language.../li-quingzhao/
Now, that's absolutely venomous and smells of elbow ache. One thing is true: there is an ring of German poetry in Longfellows lines. But I'm not intimate enough with his poetry to say how strong that influence is.
Much enjoyed Li Q's bio and poem. And spotted the "z"in the middle of the name.
"At morn- at noon- at twilight dim-"."Hymn" by Edgar Allan Poe
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8448347-H...dgar-Allan-Poe
Enjoyed this supplication poem of hope :)
"!blac" - e.e.cummings; !blac... https://allpoetry.com/poem/8494093--...e.e.-cummings/
Wonderful poem that imitates the falling of a leaf. Might there not also be an allusion to race conflicts?
"Cruising these residential Sunday"."The City P,lanners" by Margareth Atwood
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https://poemanalysis.com/margaret-at...city-planners/
I can not see the allusion, but perhaps.
Strange poem for me. Found an uninterrupted version of the poem with an analysis here: https://poetryprof.com/the-city-planners/
I have lived in large apartment buildings, residential neighborhoods as was depicted in the poem, and in rural settings (these last 40 years or so). Never felt any setting was sterile nor threatening nor otherwise.
"Dearest, it was a night" - Walter de la Mare; The Birthnight... https://allpoetry.com/poem/14327798-...ter-de-la-Mare
If there is one, it is very subtle. The title of the cummings poem is black and not leaf or "fallen leaf", what suggests that black is the most important term in the poem. And ,eaves aren't usually black. Anyway that's only the first idea that occurred to me.
Thanks for the analysis, tailor. Maybe Atwood means, that too much perfection and symmetry is not human and therefore tends to be destructive .
Enjoyed The Birthnight very much.
"Evenings in trains"."Return From Business" by Aldous Leonard Huxley
https://www.poetrycat.com/aldous-leo...-from-business
Intriguing poem of thoughts while travelling on a train by a true thinker.
"Forth sped thy gallant sailors, blithe and free, " - Archibald Thomas Strong; Sonnets of the Empire:Gloriana?s England... https://www.poemine.com/Archibald-Th...s-England.html
Lol! Poems on sea conquests show a similar spirit, even if the countries are different.
"Good. I have done. My heart weighs. I am sad"."Sonnet XXXV" by Fernando Pessoa
https://allpoetry.com/poem/8543601-S...ernando-Pessoa