"I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud"
April 7– Assorted Poems by William Wordsworth (~1810)
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Commentary: Had a little mistake last night, and posted the 8th on the 7th. G is for goofing up!
The hardest part of these collections of a lot of small pieces is finding all of them. Often I wind up adding or dropping one or two, since T5FSOB doesn't pull exactly from an existing collection, and there isn't a super copy and paste friendly version of some of them easily available. I think I got them all right tonight.
I assume I must've read some Wordsworth at some point in college or whatever, but I can't remember any of his poems.
I enjoyed "To The Daisy" the combination of imagery, whimsy, and appreciation of nature reminds me of sitting out daydreaming in a field in the summer.
A nun demure, of lowly port;
Or sprightly maiden, of Love’s court,
In thy simplicity the sport
Of all temptations;
A queen in crown of rubies drest;
A starveling in a scanty vest;
Are all, as seems to suit thee best,
I like his poem on Cuckoos much better than Milton's.
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.
If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature’s holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What Man has made of Man?
Be better to each other, mankind!
He really liked writing about birds.
A creature not too bright or good
For human nature’s daily food,
This is like, the opposite of putting her on a pedestal, but in a way raises her up higher.
I kind of goofed up my G post as well. I thought I scheduled it for 12:30 am but instead I scheduled is for 12:30 pm. I was a little startled not to see it when I got up this morning. At least it was an easy fix. I'm not sure if I read any Wordsworth not but I love nature poetry soI should probably check out more of his.
ReplyDeleteI've been posting all mine as I write them. I'd love to get a couple days ahead, but it hasn't been possible with all the challenges of moving. I'll get there eventually.
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