tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post6757574116869116270..comments2023-08-10T16:06:35.452+01:00Comments on Scholar's Blog: Poetry Friday 66Michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-11602970726312867132007-09-21T15:25:00.000+01:002007-09-21T15:25:00.000+01:00Just a little, methinks !!Just a little, methinks !!Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-77856238983526015832007-09-21T15:15:00.000+01:002007-09-21T15:15:00.000+01:00Lovely. I've only recently learned that Maud is a...Lovely. I've only recently learned that Maud is a nickname for Matilda. I don't know why I found that odd, but I did -- and it would definitely have skewed his metre, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-10047569232387678252007-09-21T14:02:00.000+01:002007-09-21T14:02:00.000+01:00Heh ! Being daft is not all it's cracked up to be ...Heh ! Being daft is not all it's cracked up to be !Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-35600779374106241342007-09-21T13:57:00.000+01:002007-09-21T13:57:00.000+01:00What Sara said. :-) And, with a wish to be daft en...What Sara said. :-) And, with a wish to be daft enough to go ahead and say it ....Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-30570014374479220212007-09-21T12:52:00.000+01:002007-09-21T12:52:00.000+01:00TadMack, you're very welcome ! I deliberately trie...TadMack, you're very welcome ! I deliberately tried to pick a shorter Tennyson poem this time around !Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-48075883044504368432007-09-21T12:50:00.000+01:002007-09-21T12:50:00.000+01:00Clearly you're not as daft as I am - I'd happily u...Clearly you're not as daft as I am - I'd happily utter words like that in a casual conversation and not give a fig for the stares I'd earn !!Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-64440373379431567042007-09-21T12:48:00.000+01:002007-09-21T12:48:00.000+01:00In college I had to write a massive paper on one o...In college I had to write a massive paper on one of Tennyson's poems -- (of course, it wasn't this one -- this one is lovely and not volumes long!) I love the imagery he always brings to a piece - when I stopped fighting it, I actually enjoyed it. Thanks for a good memory of undergrad days.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-88205024901466743552007-09-21T12:45:00.000+01:002007-09-21T12:45:00.000+01:00"The brief night goesIn babble and revel and wine...."The brief night goes<BR/>In babble and revel and wine." I wish I had occasion to drop those words into conversation, but people would just stare, wouldn't they? I think I was born in the wrong century.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12225998457253574928noreply@blogger.com