is that nice?
What's the nicest thing anyone's said about you? Page 9
The first line of the 2nd stanza is if said to me, though the rest is rude! He quotes it to me all the time.
Merry, merry sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Sees you, swift as arrow,
Seek your cradle narrow,
Near my bosom.
Pretty, pretty robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, pretty robin,
Near my bosom.
Ahhh
Is good at random junctures!
well better then poem I wrote.
Haha well William Blake was a bit of a dude when it came to poetry.
He couldn't arm wrestle for shit though.
Haha I doubt he knew much about arm wrestling...did it exist then?
Oh I, Shakespeare was renowned for it....probably.
Incidently I'm just getting into poetry(thanks to S Fry's excellent book) And I think Blake is my favourite so far. Although I do have a softspot for Edward Lear, nutter.
Quote: jacparov @ May 17 2008, 7:49 PM BSTHe couldn't arm wrestle for shit though.
Tongue-wrestling is more enjoyable. Good for gags too.
Nicest thing anyone ever said to me was a small girl about 6 years old.
She saw me putting on make up and said 'Are you a princess?'
That cow knows how to get a free ice cream!
Awww!
Quote: jacparov @ May 17 2008, 8:26 PM BSTIncidently I'm just getting into poetry(thanks to S Fry's excellent book) And I think Blake is my favourite so far. Although I do have a softspot for Edward Lear, nutter.
Listing themes for Blake exposes his motives a bit. Almost every poem in out anthology is rooted back to sex! Apparently he was married, but didn't believe in it, and so took part in orgies!
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ May 18 2008, 3:27 PM BSTListing themes for Blake exposes his motives a bit. Almost every poem in out anthology is rooted back to sex! Apparently he was married, but didn't believe in it, and so took part in orgies!
Most writers appear to be sex obsessed. I had an English teacher who was a bit sex starved herself which meant that she found all the sexual imagery in all the books we read. We read Lord of the Flies. That wasn't a fun year.
Quote: PhQnix @ May 18 2008, 3:48 PM BSTMost writers appear to be sex obsessed. I had an English teacher who was a bit sex starved herself which meant that she found all the sexual imagery in all the books we read. We read Lord of the Flies. That wasn't a fun year.
Was she hot?
Quote: Gavin @ May 18 2008, 3:49 PM BSTWas she hot?
I'd love to say that as a student of literature I'm above judging my teachers based on their looks. But I go to an all-boys school which means that our female teachers are ogled, discussed and objectified to the point of ridiculousness. She was quite nice looking, very nice woman as well.