Comments | marginalia: [hurrahing in harvest]

marginalia

[hurrahing in harvest]

Sep 15, 2006 13:44

i've been reading a lot of poetry this week. here, have some ( Read more... )

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starmiranda September 15 2006, 20:52:59 UTC

I do like me some Hopkins. However, at my high school, we had to recite this one poem of his at the beginning of each AP English class & I grew to HATE that poem so much. I can't even think of the title now, but I know one of the lines was "to the glory of God." Anyway, I think it made me never, ever want to ever speak a line of Hopkins again, for sure.

marginalia September 15 2006, 20:54:53 UTC

why oh why do terrible teachers have to ruin poetry for people? this summer i found out a friend -detested- adrienne rich (!) due to the way she was taught. it saddens me, just like when i hear people rant about how evil their school librarians were.

starmiranda September 19 2006, 02:56:15 UTC

oh, i know! i get so many students who have literature ruined for them by horrible teachers they've had in the past. it makes me so sad!

jubilancy September 16 2006, 02:49:18 UTC

Glory be to god of dappled things?

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jubilancy September 16 2006, 02:48:00 UTC

The smartest lit guy I ever knew would read us Hopkins and finish by saying, "Ah, who the hell knows what he's saying? But it's beautiful."

starfishchick September 18 2006, 14:27:50 UTC

You talking about Gerard Manley Hopkins makes me want to read Verse Chorus Verse.

HI.

marginalia September 18 2006, 14:35:25 UTC

HI I LOVED HOPKINS BEFORE I WATCHED DUE SOUTH :P

:)

starfishchick September 18 2006, 14:46:41 UTC

You win? (The VS poem is Hopkins too, right?)

marginalia September 18 2006, 14:49:06 UTC

i win!

si. :)