Friday, January 3, 2003

Sonnet Lxvi: The Night-Flood Rakes Comments

Rating: 3.2

The night-flood rakes upon the stony shore;
Along the rugged cliffs and chalky caves
Mourns the hoarse Ocean, seeming to deplore
All that are buried in his restless waves—
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Charlotte Smith
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Jake_sucker 08 December 2020

This poem is bad ngl

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Sara Kendrick 06 March 2018

I am glad that I learned about this author. Her work is refreshing. Sara

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Josh Thomas 22 February 2014

That last line is poetry defined.

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Thyris Taylor 22 February 2012

Powerful imagery, and stirs the emoitions. Loved it.

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Jasjiv Singh 22 February 2012

Shows how in touch with nature were the poets back then. Beautiful description! I also liked the rhyming style (abab cdcd efefef) , akin to how Shakespeare wrote. To me it seems the poet has put in extra effort when it is rhymed.

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Ramesh T A 22 February 2012

Nature and man in harmony immerse grief with a sigh of relief as the waves of sea do on a night poet knows pretty well to say in this beautiful sonnet!

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Dijon Noble 22 February 2012

I enjoyed this poem, very eloquent

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