I'm actually pretty ignorant of the corpus of English poetry.
Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 05/04/2015 12:27:26 AM
I know back to the Romantics, and that's about it. Of course I know Shakespeare, and Chaucer, and Milton, but pretty much anyone else from before the 19th century is beyond me.
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Poetry recommendations!
31/03/2015 04:06:34 AM
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I'm gonna go with my favourite English poet, then, though I probably mentioned him before.
31/03/2015 10:14:38 PM
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Flecker looks interesting. I'm trying to learn a bit more about Islamic culture.
02/04/2015 07:53:11 AM
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Being that I focused on late antiquity and still keep up with the secondary works written on it,
02/04/2015 02:06:30 PM
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Thanks. I'll check it out. You're right that reading about all the lost works is saddening. *NM*
05/04/2015 12:30:04 AM
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Well, I wouldn't say he's a good equivalent for a good in-depth book on that.
04/04/2015 09:15:08 AM
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So essentially you're looking for crap.
04/04/2015 01:34:14 AM
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I'm actually pretty ignorant of the corpus of English poetry.
05/04/2015 12:27:26 AM
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Then just buy the Norton Anthology and figure out which poets you like.
06/04/2015 01:20:12 AM
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John Donne. Explore him in depth. You can't go wrong with him. *NM*
06/04/2015 02:35:38 PM
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Re: Poetry recommendations!
08/04/2015 05:52:18 PM
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I'll check it out on the condition that you give me a good translation. *NM*
09/04/2015 05:34:00 AM
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