Mar 24– “The Defense of Guenevere” (1858) by William Morris
Summary: Guinevere monologues to Gawain before she gets burnt at the stake. Broadly: let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
Commentary: Please stop rhyming words with themselves. Especially easy ones like lie. Tons of words end with the eye sound, and it's also very slantable. I assume this is intentional, since it happens several times, but I think it's awkward.
I do like this stanza:
"However often Spring might be most thick
Of blossoms and buds, smote on me, and I grew
Careless of most things, let the clock tick, tick,
The repetition of tick to hit the syllable number and mimic the clock is a nice trick.
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