TRIBUTES
By J.E.Giffard
TRIBUTES TO THE FAMOUS POETS OF THE PAST
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THE FELLOW TRAVELLER
The message of 'The Four Quartets' by T.S.Eliot is open to many interpretations. This is my attempt to unravel 'Little Gidding' the final quartet.
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A Tribute to Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984)
Poet Laureate Betjamen's poetry was enjoyed for its humour and its insight into ezveryday life..
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BLACK
Ishmael, melville's hero tells that his greatest fear of the whale is its whiteness. The author devotes a whole chapter reflecting on 'white' How much more sinister than 'black'
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Cornflowers. With Apologies to William Wordsworth
I am submitting this because of the comments made about my tribute to John Betjeman. I think if Wordsworth had written Daffodils in free verse it would not have become the famous poem that it did. Please forgive me Will.
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I Am
A prominent member of the left bank group of artists including Picasso, Matisse and Braque,her poetry was less concerned with meaning but rhythm and feeling.
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MORE THOUGHTS ON A DEAD CHILD
The poem is written using the same metre as 'To a Dead Child. Bridges made a life long study of poetic metre and wrote several books on the subject.
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Praying
PRAYING Inspired by ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider’ by Walt Whitman A stick, a blade of grass, a fallen leaf: The unsuspecting insect takes his course...
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Praying
PRAYING Inspired by ‘A Noiseless Patient Spider’ by Walt Whitman A stick, a blade of grass, a fallen leaf: The unsuspecting insect takes his course...
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Philomel
Philomel A tribute to John Keats Philomela, daughter of the King of Athens, after being raped and mutilated by her sister's husband, Tereus , obtains...
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