Saturday, January 4, 2003

A Wasted Illness Comments

Rating: 2.8

Through vaults of pain,
Enribbed and wrought with groins of ghastliness,
I passed, and garish spectres moved my brain
   To dire distress.
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Thomas Hardy
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Jeanie Leyba 03 July 2016

Beautiful! Very emotional and creative

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It is a painful experience to face so much pain and felt it.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 03 July 2016

Confrontation with death visualized, while suffering, in this meaningful, beautifully crafted and thought provoking poem. Thanks for sharing it here.

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Edward Kofi Louis 03 July 2016

Where lies the end? Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Maressa Zahra 11 March 2005

I have read and examined quite throughly Hardy's novel 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' and I find this poem very much apt to certain parts of the book. I strongly commend - both the novel and the poem - to be read searchingly.

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