Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Ode To Stephen Dowling Bots, Dec'D Comments

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And did young Stephen sicken,
And did young Stephen die?
And did the sad hearts thicken,
And did the mourners cry?
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Castellenas John 29 March 2019

A sad and wonderful poem.

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John Poetry 01 May 2025

you missed the entire point of the poem, this is satirical, he's making fun of victorian poetry's overuse of dramatic language, if you actually read the poem you'd see that the guy died from falling down a well, that's a comedic death.

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