To: Knitting A Conundrum
It was certainly the best poem Arnold ever wrote. And I read an awful lot of his poetry. If my Victorian prof hadn't had moved on to greener pastures, I would have done a master's thesis on Matthew Arnold.
5,145 posted on
07/30/2006 10:23:33 AM PDT by
Knitting A Conundrum
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To: Knitting A Conundrum; bentfeather
I'd bet "To His Coy Mistress" gets quoted more, even though it does not use his descriptive power to set the stage of quiet sadness.
5,148 posted on
07/30/2006 10:28:56 AM PDT by
NicknamedBob
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