Bonus:
Official Poem of Night Elf Mohawks!
Summary: Diana comes out when the sun is down.
Commentary: Other than being a great choice for your Night Elf WoW character...
7 feet, 6 lines, ABABCC
It's fine? I wonder what the context within the larger play is. Otherwise, I think this is an interesting poem if you're into the theme, pretty skippable if not.
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Summary:
Commentary: OH MY GOD THIS DIDN'T POST WHY IS EVERYTHING SO ETTERIBLE
P: “Poets, like Disputants…” by John Dryden (from All for Love, 1677)
Bonus:
No one would call these poets fops.
Summary: Poets get mad if you don't like their poems. Authors think they're all hat and no cattle.
Commentary: AA... rhyme scheme. 10 feet per line.
Since the goal this month is for me (a prose writer) to better appreciate poetry, this one seemed appropriate. It's not really doing much for me. Functional, but nothing really jumps out. I like: "Fop, Coxcomb, Fool, are thunder’d through the Pit," but nothing here is blowing me away with imagery, or profundity, or anything.
“O Captain! My Captain!” By Walt Whitman (1865)
Bonus:
Summary: Abe Lincoln died.
Commentary: This was in the original 15MAD set two years ago, but I think it was sandwiched with a few others. For today, just the famous poem by itself.
Syllable count is all over the place, but there is a fixed rhyme scheme: AABBCDEC
I think the thing that stands out about this poem the most is the historical context. It's cool to have this first hand artistic account of a famous historical event. I don't want to say there aren't any about more modern events like 9/11, the fall of the Berlin Wall, etc., but this is certainly the most famous. I'd argue they're valuable as a window into how people felt at/about the time.
Second, the face that there was a famous poet who cared enough about the president to write a popular poem about his death. No one would bother for Biden. Trump might get some, but they'll probably fade. Maybe Obama could've gotten one. Probably not Bush.
4/5, I hate slant rhymes.
Summary: Sometimes it's nice to just sit in your room.
Commentary:
1. This is a sonnet.
2. It has the word "sonnet" in it!
"Within the Sonnet’s scanty plot of ground;"
3. I agree that it's nice to have a small room to sit in. I've told my wife I would live in our shed if I could. I remember my dorm/first apartments, and it was kind of nice that all of "your" space was one room. Made it easier to keep things organized.
M: “My peace is gone/ My heart is heavy” from Goethe’s Faust, translated by Richard Stokes (2005)
Got hacked today. Will finish later.
L: “Let us begin and carry up this corpse,” (A Grammarian’s Funeral) by Robert Browning (1855)
A to Z 2026 Poetry Q: “Queen and Huntress Chaste and Fair” (From Cynthia's Revels by Ben Johnson, 1600) Bonus: Official Poem of Night ...
