A Vision Comments
Two crowned Kings, and One that stood alone
With no green weight of laurels round his head,
But with sad eyes as one uncomforted,
And wearied with man's never-ceasing moan
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A true genius at work, the result is a magnificent poem 5 Stars All. Enjoyed tremendously!
Wilde was a true master of the art his vast visionary imagination boggles the mind. His wording, beat and flow are a joy to behold, let alone the message his poems magnificently carry and so. so brightly display. Timeless poetry by a timeless poet. Simply a true genius at work.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL RENDITION FROM A WORLD CLASS POET OF WISDOM A LIBRA POET WAS HE YOU CAN ALSO LIKE HIM BE
wonderful and beautiful the best of vision from the great poet.
A poem about the poet's Vision of the 3 great tragedians of Greece...
vampire for how long you will act? ! think in the old house just once... terrific right i can hear too.
14 lines - sonnet! Dramatic but what has the 3 tragedians of ancient greek had to do with “a vision“? Wilde thought out of tragedy... maybe!
wow.......... trust no one.Sh#* happens, and so does love..... If you do not know how to enter a fantasy you will usually end up lost with some one that you wish you never brought along...or surrounded by friends and enemies, whats the difference? ..........a bit depressing....and interesting...
It's a testament to Wilde's genius that his work is still discomfiting.
Maybe it's because they could spell simple words.And I can see where the ignoramus part comes in. Yes indeed.
though Oscar Wilde is better known to me because of the horror story'picture of dorian gray' he was an putstanding poet. this is a perfect example.
A difficult poem to digest unless one is aware of religion and literature of the past era! Wilde is wild in composition!
On the other hand, it is 'A Vision', and the poet can people it however he pleases!
Virgil was Dante's guide through Hell and Purgatory. Beatrice was Dante's guide through Paradise. Dante put anyone who was virtuous but pagan (born before Christ) into Limbo, in Hell. Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides, all born before Christ, would have been virtuous but pagan. Therefore, Dante would have placed them in Hell. 'Now at their sight...I cried to Beatrice', indicates both they (Sophocles, Aeschylus and Euripides) and Beatrice and Dante are at the same place at the same time. It would appear that 'Beatrice' should be 'Virgil' in this poem.
What in the world is 'sort of the hand behind the throne syndrome'? The KINGS that Poewhit mentions are the great playwrights of ancient Greece. For Straw's information, the poet in question is Dante Alighieri, Italian poet whose DIVINE COMEDY is the epic that Wilde refers to. And the woman the speaker addresses is Beatrice, Dante's beloved and the symbol of divine revelation through faith. I do get tired of reading comments written by hypercritical ignoramuses who know nothing about poetry, but who interpret every poem without consulting even the most basic of reference works. They judge flying by the seat of their pants! And it shows!
Captures the nature of even KINGS, wondering about and pouting. Then who to the solace of the woman, for advice. Sort of the hand behind the throne syndrome. In under tone, there is a mocking of KINGS, who fall short of being true KINGS in having command of understanding situation.
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