tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post6231333459780915306..comments2023-10-06T08:10:05.853-04:00Comments on Necromancy Never Pays: Let Us Now Praise Famous PoemsJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-23863929159124477032009-08-05T13:52:50.994-04:002009-08-05T13:52:50.994-04:00Karen, by "know" I mean "have read ...Karen, by "know" I mean "have read once to see what it's like."<br /><br />And I do love Elizabeth Bishop; my favorite of hers is one of the most anthologized, the villanelle "One Art." I love the line about losing cities, because I think about how you lose a city when you move away. And, of course, I love the ironic remarks in parentheses at the end.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-13496002422313261092009-08-05T11:24:45.630-04:002009-08-05T11:24:45.630-04:00By "should know", could we agree not to ...By "should know", could we agree not to mean "should be able to recite from memory"? I consider myself an educated person, and though I've read a significant fraction of these, remember my impression of most of those, and truly loved a handful....there are probably only half a dozen here that I could quote more than smatterings from.<br /><br />Interestingly enough, I encountered "Ozymandias" mostly because fictional character Jack Ryan quotes it while half-potted at the end of Clancy's _Hunt for Red October_. <br /><br />I can hardly believe that you limited yourself to ONE poem by Adrienne Rich. I agree that the one you chose is marvelous...but how to rule out others?<br /><br />Where is Elizabeth Bishop? Do include at least her Questions of Travel. See if you can't bring yourself to admire her turns of phrase (sad two-noted tune of disparate wooden clogs carelessly clacking over a filling station floor, if I remember correctly).<br /><br />And now, back to work. I will plan on reading one of these with which I am unfamiliar, in exchange for your considering Bishop's poem. Deal?Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231614892716223391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-47284766347626614512008-04-18T17:42:00.000-04:002008-04-18T17:42:00.000-04:00No reason to feel awful--obviously, someone needed...No reason to feel awful--obviously, someone needed to tell me!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-4415680254205487532008-04-18T15:05:00.000-04:002008-04-18T15:05:00.000-04:00Ahem. Check out Bradstreet. She kicks ass.(I feel ...Ahem. Check out Bradstreet. She kicks ass.<BR/><BR/>(I feel awful saying this to you, but...) (she does)lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767103318863906140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-15246674426190953622008-04-17T17:15:00.000-04:002008-04-17T17:15:00.000-04:00See, like all teachers who pick out "the best" or ...See, like all teachers who pick out "the best" or "the most famous" poems from an anthology, I have my blind spots. On comps, English grad students used to be allowed to eliminate two periods of literature--the ones I skipped were medieval and early American. Too much religion for me!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-35844139101667628642008-04-17T16:49:00.000-04:002008-04-17T16:49:00.000-04:00Anne Bradstreet "To My Husband Away on Business" n...Anne Bradstreet "To My Husband Away on Business" not on this list???!!! One of teh best love poems ever.lemminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767103318863906140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-84457517027619887882008-04-16T13:51:00.000-04:002008-04-16T13:51:00.000-04:00I LOVE The Emperor of Ice Cream. Why Wallace Steve...I LOVE The Emperor of Ice Cream. Why Wallace Stevens isn't more famous is beyond me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com