It seems that putting the various poems in their little boxes is a bit clinical
and might even detract from the poets' intentions. Consider Dylan Thomas's "Do
not go gentle into that good night" -- a young man telling an old man how to
die. And he clearly didn't know what he was talking about, dying himself at
age 39, drinking himself to death without fully appreciating what was
happening, perhaps without even caring. If he had done a bit more raging
himself, he might have lived a little longer.
Thanks, though. Does the Manchester Guardian regularly have such articles as
this one? I don't normally appreciate The Guardian's politics, but then I
don't normally appreciate the politics of the "New York Review Of Books" either
and I've subscribed to it from its inception.
Lawrence
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Interesting article in the Manchester Guardian:
"From Catullus to Dylan Thomas: the top 10 elegies They date back to ancient
times and remain a strong current in modern poetry. Here are some of the best"
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jul/18/from-catullus-to-dylan-thomas-the-top-10-elegies
Chris Bruce,
musing over hte distinction
between ‘elegy’ and ‘eulogy’, in
Kiel, Germany
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