tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271063888121299568.post366737544773744283..comments2023-04-10T05:18:36.315-07:00Comments on amo vitam: PoetryAMOffenwangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429398915780302831noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271063888121299568.post-55976560075581877322010-08-27T07:37:18.272-07:002010-08-27T07:37:18.272-07:00I can't hear/read it without hearing Col. B...I can't hear/read it without hearing Col. B's chocolately voice (except of course I hear it being read to me...not what's-her-name).Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343988569221606506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271063888121299568.post-81448751181119352152010-08-18T09:04:30.743-07:002010-08-18T09:04:30.743-07:00I think enforced memorization of Shakespeare sonne...I think enforced memorization of Shakespeare sonnets is one of the best ways to get people to hate them ever after. My chief memory of Sonnet 18 is being criticized by my English teacher for not being expressive enough in reciting it in class. As if I was going to look deeply into his eyes, and go "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?..."AMOffenwangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429398915780302831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271063888121299568.post-3277439525311905972010-08-17T21:42:17.925-07:002010-08-17T21:42:17.925-07:00haha, I had to memorize that sonnet for Eng Lit 12...haha, I had to memorize that sonnet for Eng Lit 12 in 1982... And I just love the sound and rhythm of Kubla Khan - especially reading it out loud.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07592576885721685076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271063888121299568.post-39714193713949868712010-08-10T08:34:29.775-07:002010-08-10T08:34:29.775-07:00It is the star to every wandering bark
Whose worth...It is the star to every wandering bark<br />Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.<br /><br />Absolutely. Can't think of it without seeing Marianne in the rain. That's why I love this particular one.AMOffenwangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429398915780302831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2271063888121299568.post-16056717122724034472010-08-08T18:26:20.605-07:002010-08-08T18:26:20.605-07:00Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is ...Or bends with the remover to remove: <br />O no! it is an ever-fixed mark. <br />That looks on tempests and is never shaken;<br /><br />After seeing S&S, I have to have it go at least this far, otherwise it itches.ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01180832647715611790noreply@blogger.com