tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post3410509004000283118..comments2024-02-25T16:56:47.627-05:00Comments on Magdalene's Egg: Ah, College DaysFather Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-46047858378792077972009-06-24T21:47:13.999-04:002009-06-24T21:47:13.999-04:00Dante best fulfills the didactic element of poetry...Dante best fulfills the didactic element of poetry, and is certainly a great poet - though I believe my inability to read Italian keeps me from best appreciating the terza rima form. Hopkins, on the other hand, wrote in English, and the tripartite interplay of inscape, instress, and sprung rhythm produce works that are both enjoyable for their mere aesthetic quality and their contemplative value.<br /><br />He was, after all, a Jesuit priest.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02467749696749145712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-40172650670996654362009-06-24T20:40:45.524-04:002009-06-24T20:40:45.524-04:00Hopkins. Really? Surely you mean Dante.Hopkins. Really? Surely you mean Dante.Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-52253082770962949502009-06-24T18:28:59.912-04:002009-06-24T18:28:59.912-04:00Ah, but Father - we spend much time also reading p...Ah, but Father - we spend much time also reading poetry, frequent libraries, and examine the Renaissance; though I find the best expression of the formermost to come from Hopkins, the second to be most thrilling if it has a large collection of Church Fathers, and the lattermost an object of much criticism.<br /><br />And we prefer tweed; corduroy is not quite pretentious enough.<br /><br />Thank you for the link!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02467749696749145712noreply@blogger.com