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Anyone read the poem ‘Rugby Chapel’ by Matthew Arnold?   I love so many of his poems but this one came to mind as I was thinking of things concerning eyes.  Anyone know which line in the poem I was thinking of?  
I’ll post the answer later.....

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4 hours ago, MargieH said:

Anyone read the poem ‘Rugby Chapel’ by Matthew Arnold?

 

Philistaine that I am all I read was a lot of obscure one line sentences that make no sense and seem to have no relationship with previous or following lines. Quite honestly I thought it a load of nonsense, couldn't get past the third verse...  :(

 

Sorry Margie...

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Sorry Margie, read Brew's post so I thought I'd have a read.  Couldn't make head or tails of it. Don't think I've got enough years left to get through it all, it's soooo long.

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So you never found the reference to something that can happen In a person’s eye?

 

Here are a couple of lines from the poem.....

Thunder crashes from rock

To rock, the cataracts reply,

Lightning’s  dazzle our eyes.

 

As I sai before, I love this poem and many of the others  he wrote.   It stirs my soul .

 

 

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The sun dazzles my eyes,

I listen as the baby cries,

No matter how I  care,

Oh for someone else to share.

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There are those of us who didn't have the benefit of a decent education. My schooldays were literally,  survival of the fittest.

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59 minutes ago, Jill Sparrow said:

Really, you two. Have you no soul?  Wonderful and atmospheric command of the English language. Must try harder!

 

Thunder crashes from rock

To rock, the cataracts reply,

Lightning’s  dazzle our eyes.

 

 

Apparently not ! Disjointed, discordant, metaphysical nonsense.

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8 minutes ago, Jill Sparrow said:

The apostrophe, by the way, is not required.

 

Actually I don't see a feral apostrophe in my bit... Now if you are referring to the Arnold quote and his supposedly  wonderfull use of English....

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Sorry about the apostrophe.  I was typing out the quote and the iPhone deemed it necessary!  I certainly didn’t put it there -  I should have checked it before posting.

What genre of poetry do you like Brew and BK?  Or don’t you like any?

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BK used a teapot

to Brew his cup of tea

but then he went and painted it,

so now he drinks coffeeeee

 

 

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The boy stood on the burning deck...

 

As a school boy I liked The Listeners but modern so called poetry leaves me cold, most seems pretentious nonsense.

 

Why... when reading po...  etry

Do we need to speak...     sotto voce

And does,  this slow...    and strange cadence

make up for lack...     of making sense

 

;)

 

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I prefer rhyming poetry, that is something I can make sense of. Daffodils, Hiawatha etc. The rhyme of the Ancient Mariner is another.

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Margie lives in Ely, far

In getting there

I go by car,

To take her presents,

I wrap and box 'em

If she's not there,

I go to Wroxham.

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Now Miss is going to shout at you this time BK, it's Rime, not rhyme, of the Ancient Aariner....   ;)...

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I wandered lonely as a cloud,

With Brew my friend

I feel quite proud.

He posts me things

I need to know, 

With Margie on our side,

It's always....go, go, go.

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3 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said:

I agree, Margie. I too admire Arnold's work, although for me he'll never displace Thomas Hardy.

Didn't he used to work with Stan Laurel ?

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