poetry
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The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems
I hadn’t heard of Tomas Tranströmer until last fall when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature; I placed a library request for two or three of his books, and, for various reasons, did not actually get a copy of either of them until very recently. Needless to say, I had certain expectations. This particular Continue reading
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Lensky’s Idealism, and Why Onegin Fought a Duel
Last night I finished my first re-reading of Eugene Onegin (Alexander Pushkin). The plan is to use a different translation for each re-read–this time I used Henry Spalding’s, which you can find at Project Gutenberg. While I didn’t stumble across any words like zen, I found parts of the translation to read awkwardly, as if Continue reading
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Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
Thus, I had so long suffered in this quest,Heard failure prophesied so oft, been writSo many times among “The Band”—to wit,The knights who to the Dark Tower’s search addressedTheir steps—that just to fail as they, seemed best,And all the doubt was now—should I be fit? And with these pessimistic thoughts, the narrator–Childe Roland–sets out on Continue reading
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Poems / Three Men in a Boat / Through the Magic Door
Poems in Two Volumesby William Wordsworth Overall rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars Just what the title says: a (incomplete) collection of poems, by Wordsworth. Some are narrative, some are world events-inspired, and many deal with nature (particularly flowers). The Prelude was not included, but the book contained a decent selection, overall. Sometimes I just Continue reading
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