Friday, April 2, 2010

Bonaparte Comments

Rating: 2.8

From a rude isle, his ruder lineage came.
The spark, that, from a suburb hovel's hearth
Ascending, wraps some capital in flame,
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Sir Walter Scott
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Dr Dillip K Swain 28 May 2023

However, I award full marks to this extraordinary poem that goes beyond the understanding of an ordinary reader like me!

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Dr Dillip K Swain 28 May 2023

It's very difficult to grasp this inflexible poem of Sir Walter Scott. I have the choice to read this poem as it is reflected as POD but I am not able to grasp it properly as it requires fair amount of time to grasp it thoroughly. I totally agree with poet Kim Barney!

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Upendra Upm 07 April 2017

By Ceaser 's side she crossed the rubicon.brilliant poem.He saw her hideous face and liked the fiend unmasked.

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Kim Barney 12 February 2015

Why does PH keep choosing poems for Poem of the Day that nobody seems to like? The 61 people who have voted on this poem so far have only ranked it as 5.3 out of ten. If I were still teaching school, that would be an F in my class!

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Gajanan Mishra 25 January 2013

The ruthless leader beckoned from his train. good.

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Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott

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