Tag: 19th century
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“Pride”
This is a very recent favorite poem I wrote, “collage” poem, inspired by the text of Pride and Prejudice, on Jane Austen’s 247th birthday: “Pride” …as this poem really is a “sound” poem, and the meaning may be felt more fully in this reading: by Jade Nicole Beals Giving over? Giving up? I’ll never be […]
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Christina Rossetti, A Classic Poet Not Often Heard, Celebrates a Birthday
A poet whose writings meant a lot to me this year is Christina Rossetti. Born in London the same year as Emily Dickinson in 1830, she was of British and Italian heritage, wrote just a few questioning, romantic, sassy poems, along with her better known childrens’ rhyme in a book called Goblin Market, and was […]
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A Poem by Emily Dickinson for Her Birthday
Oh no, I did not realize poet Emily Dickinson’s birthday was on December 10, Happy Belated Birthday, Emily! 192 years. And she was born nearby in Amherst, Massachusetts. a poem by Emily Dickinson Birthday of but a single pang That there are less to come — Afflictive is the Adjective But affluent the doom — […]
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A Day in Pictures: A Creative Literary Morning
morning sencha tea, dreaming eyes, letting light into my eyes and face, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847) for later on. after tea, may read Jane Eyre: I partly lived inside this book in my current life and did not remember that?😅 my novel printed draft so far, first 6 pgs, 3000 words, and handwritten […]
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Two Quotes from The Portrait of a Lady: Choose
📖 2) She fixed her eyes upon him, and there was something in their character that reminded him of large, polished buttons; he seemed to see the reflection of surrounding objects upon the pupil. The expression of a button is not usually deemed human, but there was something in Miss Stackpole’s gaze that made him, […]
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From Songs for Strangers and Pilgrims, Sealed, Signed, Love, Christina Rossetti
by Christina Rossetti … 19th century English poet Christina Rossetti was born on December 5, 1830 in London, United Kingdom, the youngest of the four Rossetti children. Her father was the poet, Gabriel Rossetti, an Italian exile, and her mother was Frances (Polidori) Rossetti, a British scholar who was sister of the friend and physician […]
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Rose Honey in Poetry by Christina Rossetti
A city plum is not a plum;A dumb-bell is no bell, though dumb;A party rat is not a rat;A sailor’s cat is not a cat;A soldier’s frog is not a frog;A captain’s log is not a log. * A rose has thorns as well as honey,I’ll not have her for love or money;An iris grows so straight […]
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Memorable Quotes from The Portrait of a Lady
(My cat Peeko napping with the lounge-clothing I’d laid out ready to put on after my bath that day.) I am reading The Portrait of a Lady (1881) by Henry James with a Goodreads book group. It’s great so far, especially the dialogue; I’d like to share a couple of quotes that stood out to […]
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Not My Door, But I Got My Classic and My Bright Bookmark
I finished reading Villette by Charlotte Bronte (1853) last night, felt I could remain within its mists even after the book ended, a ponderous read that I feel safe within… I took these photos on the spot yesterday early afternoon walking around after reading, was still in the middle of Villette. 📷 … Not My […]
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Off I Go, Fare Thee Well!
…I handmade the hair tie myself from a headband, with better success. * 😊🧚♀️💌✋💕 * Previously: A Day of Art Pleasantries
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A Poem For Night
* “Is that a pillow you are giving me?” “Yes, to rest your pretty head and a poem to go with it that is yours now, too— An apple for me? Please.” * Song Of Fairies Robbing An Orchard by Leigh Hunt (a poem)
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I Might Enter The Story To Leave It
Besides maybe two sentences describing something in nature and a couple of descriptions of physical beauty without judgmental commentary, the only thing I liked about The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was my own idea for me to enter the book as a character, meet the woman there, and say to her, “I am leaving here. […]