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Re: Re: Re: Aba
Ah, yes, I thought it was something like that. That was a complaint about the book, its length. Excellent for study though. So many literary topics and points to ponder. My thought is, did Fowles consciously or purposely write the story with all the study factors of today in mind, or did those topics evolve over the course of time. Simple ideas, like Femininism, were probably intentional. I do hope the students are well-prepared, for you will know those who are not! Happy reading, deat Aba!
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 7, 2016 at 12:57 AM
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Re: Re: Aba
Oh I meant a novel I am teaching to Masters students, John Robpert Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman. It was suddenly allotted to me in the university and starting September, I have to finish it by October end. There are 61 chapters of which I have till now done only twenty-five. I have just two hours a week with them.
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anib
on October 6, 2016 at 9:44 PM
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Re: Aba
I hope you meant you are reading a poem that doesn't seem to finish, other than this one! LOL! About Prometheus Unbound, Shelley took a quite a while to write it, I believe, writing a bit at a time. No TV or social media, combined with living in an Age of Romanticism, would tend to foster the writing of voluminous poetry, or plays, even at a young age. I think it was an era where conversation, written or verbal, was prized as an intellectual achievement. 
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 6, 2016 at 10:44 AM
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Re: C_C_T
So very sorry I didn't respond sooner. Don't know how I missed doing so. Must have been the headache. Thank you. Yes, I hope the horse would approve!
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 6, 2016 at 10:11 AM
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Re: TAPS
Thanks, TAPS! Guess I'm still there... LOL! So glad you enjoyed it! Yes, I used to love to read them also. My guilty pleasure. Still now, I have a propensity to them, but not onrd too fluffy these days.
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 5, 2016 at 10:16 PM
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Oh my! Great. I used to love to read novels from that period of time. You take me back.
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TAPS.
on October 5, 2016 at 9:45 PM
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Hi Presta and wow! Reading a poem that just doesn't seem to finish. And then there are others that make you feel sad because they do, so soon, although long. I fancy Shelly's Prometheus Unbound. How could he have written such a voluminous poetry at so young an age? 
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anib
on October 5, 2016 at 9:44 PM
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Re: shobana
A wonderful horse, and seemed to call for a poem. Thank you, shobana!
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 5, 2016 at 9:40 PM
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Re: Kabu
Quite an outstanding looking horse, she is! Well, Wiley is your knight in shining armor, I do believe!
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 5, 2016 at 9:39 PM
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Re: WileyJohn
Thank you, Wiley. Quite a horse, isn't it?
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 5, 2016 at 9:37 PM
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Re: BC-A
Thank you, Bill. How sweet. Do take care in this weather!
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 5, 2016 at 9:36 PM
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Re: UKUSA.
Thank you, UKUSA. And shalom to you. Glad you enjoyed it. For such an ancient breed, time and place seemed to not exist for this poem. Hope you are not near the hurricane!
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 5, 2016 at 9:35 PM
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Re: Nautikos
Thanks, Naut! This horse deserved some sort of poem. I do love horses also; always keep a horse calendar somewhere. You were lucky to be around them. Bicycles are not quite the same fun, to me anyway! LOL!
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 5, 2016 at 9:32 PM
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Re: FSI
That's a good thing, isn't it?
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 5, 2016 at 9:28 PM
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Re: Aba
Hello, dear Aba. Such a nice, nice compliment, and I do so enjoy Tennyson, though I haven't read him too much lately. And reviewing The Lady..., I do see what you mean. Coincidentally I have been working on a different "island" poem, that just doesn't seem to want to finish being written, though it's in a similar vein. Thank you.
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Sea_Gypsy
on October 5, 2016 at 9:28 PM
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How magnificent - great poetry here
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shobana
on October 5, 2016 at 8:06 PM
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what a wonderful horse this is. breathtaking.
ps I always call Wiley my knight in rusty armor.
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Kabu
on October 5, 2016 at 11:45 AM
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RPresta
Love the horse and the creative poetry.
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WileyJohn
on October 5, 2016 at 11:25 AM
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vThat would preserve, being noble forever love. BC-A, Bill’s R👀st
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BC-A
on October 5, 2016 at 9:30 AM
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Royalty and Loyalty in an animal - horse, or any wonderful pet.
Loved how you crafted it, and added the main (mane) applications across place and time. You will anticipate, any royalty-loyalty reminds of the best EXAMPLE: Jesus of Nazareth! shalom, shalom RPresta.
posted by
NocrossJustchristmas
on October 5, 2016 at 8:27 AM
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Very well done, RPresta, I am a horse lover so this captivated me...:)
posted by
Katray2
on October 5, 2016 at 7:28 AM
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A clever poem RP. I think even that horse would approve. Well written.
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C_C_T
on October 5, 2016 at 7:24 AM
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RP
Great poem and picture! I love horses, spent time around them as a boy and rode them, and regret that I am pretty well confined to bicycles these days, LOL...
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Nautikos
on October 5, 2016 at 6:30 AM
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One can feel the great amount of liberation.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on October 5, 2016 at 6:25 AM
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Hello my dear Presta
Very beautifully done, on the medieval Knight-at-arms. It was a perfect smooth ballad style poem, and reminded me of Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott, centring on the Arthurian knight Sir Lancelot.
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anib
on October 5, 2016 at 1:12 AM
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Re: chuck_ibrahim
Well, thank you, ChucK. Glad you liked it!
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on October 5, 2016 at 12:35 AM
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What a great poem 
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Chuck_E_Ibrahim
on October 4, 2016 at 11:01 PM
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