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“What Is Honour? A Word”
The affections lead us on says Wordsworth. So does language. This is what Falstaff is resisting…
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The Third Realm
The Third realm sounds mysterious, perhaps mystical, but is simply like this. It is English class…
Continue ReadingRime Of The Ancient Mariner: Part VI
FIRST VOICE "But tell me,tell me! speak again, Thy soft response renewing- What makes that ship…
Continue ReadingRime Of The Ancient Mariner: Part 5. Coleridge’s Mythology.
O sleep ! it is a gentle thing. Beloved from pole to pole! To Mary Queen…
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Further Thoughts On Part 3
Coleridge in his young twenties was an active supporter of the anti-slavery movement. Editing a radical…
Continue Reading“On The Farm”: R.S.Thomas -Nature & Redemption.
On the Farm There was Dai Puw. He was no good. They put him in the…
Continue Reading“Enjambment! Or would You Prefer The French Version, Sir?”
( PLEASE NOTE. Having mentioned the term “enjambement” once or twice in my last blog on…
Continue Reading“There Was A Boy”
This poem was initially written as a separate one and then was later incorporated in “The…
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