But I've never had a moment's pleasure reading it.
I suspect it's my fault as incredibly intelligent and decent people think it's great.
But for me it's a cold marble monument. Reminiscent of Virgil, who is also supposed to be GREAT, but who gave me a lot of grief, except for a few luminous lines of Dido's.
Joanna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Jackson" <cqmv at pdx.edu> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 8:42:40 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Blake's "London"
Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Oct 11, 2011, at 4:46 PM, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
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>>Overall, I think it is the most perfect poem in the English language. I mean if there has to be one such.
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> Keats's "To Autumn"? Byron's "So We'll Go No More A-Roving"? Lots of competition!
I have to say that Paradise Lost pisses all over this shit. really.
Miles
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