Poetry Trivia/knowledge

[daughter]

IN 1958

This poem was published. It reveals the poet's "estheitc and philosphosophical sympathy with the Transcendentalists". Who is it?


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There is a great analysis in Poetry For Students volume 1. Ask your reference librarian for the text.

 

[WriterDom]

Re: IN 1958

This poem was published. It reveals the poet's "estheitc and philosphosophical sympathy with the Transcendentalists". Who is it?


l(a

l(a

le
af
fa

ll

s)
one
l
iness

There is a great analysis in Poetry For Students volume 1. Ask your reference librarian for the text.

Who else could it be? ee cummings

 

[daughter]

Re: Re: IN 1958

Who else could it be? ee cummings

I know it was easy, but he's a great example of a poet who knew all the rules and was a master at breaking them. cummings views and style are extraordinary.

Thanks, WriterDom.

Peace,

daughter

 

[WriterDom]

25. What contemporary poet is overshadowed by his wife's success? She also writes, but not poetry.

 

[daughter]

WD

Do they share the same last name? Come on. I need a little more info. Tell me something about him. Forget his wife. I need some about the poet or his work.

Thanks.

Peace,

daughter

 

[WriterDom]

Re: WD

same last name

 

[daughter]

You're killing me

I should be working instead of trying to answer a trivia question. LOL

Skip the wife. I need something that identifies him. Genre, style, something?

Peace,

daughter(who is shamelessly begging for a clue)

 

[daughter]

Number #26

Name a celebrated poet couple.

(One partner may be deceased)

Peace,

daughter

 

[WriterDom]

Re: You're killing me

I should be working instead of trying to answer a trivia question. LOL

Skip the wife. I need something that identifies him. Genre, style, something?

Peace,

daughter(who is shamelessly begging for a clue)

He's written 6 poetry books and is also known as a painter. But his biggest claim to fame is as _____ _____'s husband.

 

[Whispersecret]

Stan Rice (I think his name is Stan.) Laughingly, I think of him myself as Anne Rice's husband!

 

[WriterDom]

Stan Rice (I think his name is Stan.) Laughingly, I think of him myself as Anne Rice's husband!

yep

 

[daughter]

Number #27

Falling upon earth,
Pure water spills from the cup
of the camellia

Who is this poet?

 

[daughter]

What? Are these too hard

Come on guys. I know you're tastes are varied. Take a shot at a question or at least post one.

Peace,

daughter

 

[Maid of Marvels]

#27

Falling upon earth,
Pure water spills from the cup
of the camellia

Basho

Going backward to see if there are any others left unanswered.

 

[TheDR4KE]

Re: What? Are these too hard

Just too busy these last few days...

real life - sigh...

Drake

 

[Guest]

Trivia and knowledge

Sheesh, I did it again.....opened a new thread instead of replying. Oh well, do you know who wrote this?

(1st 4 lines)

"This is the long tunnel of wanting you
its walls are covered with remembered kisses
wet and red as the inside of you mouth
full and juicy as your probing tongue"

GP

 

[REDWAVE]

Can I play too?

OK, I'll play in this game. Here's some of my favorite poetic arcana:

(1) Who wrote "The Revolution Will Not be Televised"?

(2) Who wrote the most famous double sestina in the English language, and what's its first line?

(3) This one is particularly appropriate to Literotica. Name the author of the following poem:

My Love in her attire doth show her wit,
It doth so well become her:
For every season she hath dressings fit,
For winter, spring, and summer.
No beauty she doth miss,
When all her robes are on:
But Beauty's self she is,
When all her robes are gone.

(4) Name the poem (and its author) from which these lines are taken:

"Some are born to sweet delight
Some are born to endless night"

(5) Name the poem (and its author) which has the following refrain:

"At night, alone, I marry the bed"

(6) Name the poem (and its author) which ends with these lines:

now to this day I feel all
the more Lazzey & Dumb
and all the more domb & Lazzey
Lazzey Bastard of a selfish
Human Creap Sleep

Also, what is the author of this poem best known for? (Hint: it's not for writing the poem.)

Have fun, dudes and dudettes.

 

[Maid of Marvels]

guilty pleasure

"This is the long tunnel of wanting you
its walls are covered with remembered kisses
wet and red as the inside of you mouth
full and juicy as your probing tongue"

GP "The Long Tunnel of Wanting You" is a song by Vanessa Daou from a 1995 album called Zipless.

 

[daughter]

Re: Can I play too?

Folks, could we try just a little organization and cohesiveness? Please try to # the questions in descending order. We're up to #27 Please quote the question with your answer.

We also have a Name That Poet thread for anyone who's interested. It was getting little play. No folks want to post poems. Go figure.

Yes, I like order, but damn pleased by the participation.

(1) Who wrote "The Revolution Will Not be Televised"?

Gil Scott-Heron

Ah, Red, very fitting for you friend. Yes, I am a Heron fan. I know his music more intimately. Turned on to him during middle school. My connection is sketchy.

Peace,

daughter

(thinking of the '68 Olympics)

 

[REDWAVE]

One down

Sorry about the numbering, daughter. You know us anarchic Dionysian types.

Right you are, although to nitpick a little, it's Gil Scott-Heron-- the last name is hyphenated. It's fairly long, but here's some excerpts:

The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner because the revolution will not be televised, brother. . . .
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replay. . . .
You will not have to worry about a drum in your bedroom, the tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.

The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver's seat.

 

[Maid of Marvels]

Originally posted by REDWAVE
(3) This one is particularly appropriate to Literotica. Name the author of the following poem:

My Love in her attire doth show her wit,
It doth so well become her:
For every season she hath dressings fit,
For winter, spring, and summer.
No beauty she doth miss,
When all her robes are on:
But Beauty's self she is,
When all her robes are gone.

Sheesh, REDWAVE... Was this a trick question? The poem is entitled "Madrigal", but I had thought it was by that most prolific of all poets, Anonymous.

Originally posted by REDWAVE
(4) Name the poem (and its author) from which these lines are taken:

"Some are born to sweet delight
Some are born to endless night"

I had to answer to this one as well. Those lines are from "Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake.

The first verse will always remain my favorite:

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.

Thanks for the smile.
~Marvel

 

[REDWAVE]

Bingo!

Very good, MoM. The first question you answered was a trick question-- the author of that poem is unknown. Here's some more lines from Blake's "Auguries of Innocence" I like a lot:

A dog starved at his master's gate
Predicts the ruin of the state . . .
He who shall hurt the little wren
Shall never be beloved of men . . .
He who shall train the horse to war
Shall never pass the polar bar
The beggars dog and widows cat
Feed them & thou wilt grow fat . . .
The harlots cry from street to street
Shall weave old England's winding sheet . . .

And finally:

God appears & God is light
To those poor souls who dwell in night
But does a human form display
To those who dwell in realms of day

 

[Maid of Marvels]

originally posted by REDWAVE
(2) Who wrote the most famous double sestina in the English language, and what's its first line?

The sestina is the most complex of the forms invented by the troubadours, where the final words of each line recur in a fixed order in each stanza.

The double sestina you refer to, REDWAVE, is "Ye Goat-Herd Gods" by Sir Philip Sidney. It is not merely a double sestina (12 sestet stanzas, rather than 6) it is a pastoral dialogue as well.

The first line is: "Ye goat-herd Gods, that love the grassy mountains".

To illustrate the recurring end words in a sestina, here are the first two verses of the poem:

a b c d e f
f a e b d c
c f d a b e
e c b f a d
d e a c f b
b d f e c a

Strephon:
Ye goat-herd gods, that love the grassy mountains, a
Ye nymphs, which haunt the springs in pleasant valleys, b
Ye satyrs, joyed with free and quiet forests, c
Vouchsafe your silent ears to plaining music d
Which to my woes gives still and early morning, e
And draws the dolour on till weary evening. f

Klaius:
O Mercury, foregoer of the evening, f
O heav'nly huntress of the savage mountains, a
O lovely star, entitled of the morning, e
While that my voice doth fill these woeful valleys, b
Vouchsafe your silent ears to plaining music, d
Which oft hath Echo tired in secret forests. c

Great fun! Thanks, d!

 

[REDWAVE]

Carrying on

I that was once delighted every morning, . . .
So darkened am, that all my day is evening, . . .
Long since I hate the night, more hate the morning;
Long since my thoughts chase me like beasts in forests,
And make me wish myself laid under mountains. . . .

Meseems I see a filthy cloudy evening
As soon as sun begins to climb the mountains; . . .
Meseems I hear, when I do hear sweet music,
The dreadful cries of murdered men in forests. . . .
I do detest night, evening, day, and morning. . . .

For she, whose parts maintained a perfect music,
Whose beauties shined more than the blushing morning, . . .
Hath cast me, wretch, into eternal evening,
By taking her two suns from these dark valleys.



Ah yes-- Klaius and Strephon, two wild and crazy goatherd guys!

 

[Guest]

Long tunnel....

Thanks MOM but I'm still wondering who wrote it. I think it was Erica Jong. Anyone else know? The whole poem is:-

"This is the long tunnel of wanting you
its walls are covered with remembered kisses
wet and red as the inside of your mouth
full and juicy as your probing tongue
warm as your belly against mine
(I have lost this line...)
soft as your sleeping cock beginning stir
tight as your legs wrapped around mine
straight as your toes pointing toward the bed
as you roll over and thrust your hardness
into the long tunnel of wanting you
seeding it with dreams and unbearable hope
making memories of the future
straightening out my past." (Erica Jong) (?)

Did Vanessa Daou really make this into a recorded song? If she did I am amazed.
GP