Friday, January 3, 2003

Sonnet To Evening Comments

Rating: 3.0

[Written under a tree in the woods of St. Amand, in Flanders.]


SWEET BALMY HOUR! ­dear to the pensive mind,
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Mary Darby Robinson
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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 06 September 2016

A sonnet well written to soothe the child of woe!

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Ratnakar Mandlik 06 September 2016

A great nature poem rich in rhyme and rhythm and it is meaningful too. Thanks for sharing it here.

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Douglas Scotney 06 September 2016

admired by Coleridge. See my poem 'Mrs Robinson'

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Mizzy ........ 06 September 2016

The meter is broken in the closing couplet.....Probably a transcription error. Really beautiful Sonnet.

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Savita Tyagi 06 September 2016

Like Susan I also wondered about these bold capitalized letters. Seems to take the flow away of otherwise beautiful and reflective poem.

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Adolphus Moses 06 September 2016

Ever grateful for this poet... beautiful poem..

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Susan Williams 06 September 2016

Was it the thing to capitalize words and phrases in her day? I wonder why. It distracted from the quiet reflective tone to have the poem reach out and shake your shoulder and shout at you occasionally. Aside from that, the reader could glide pleasantly over her lines.

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Woven Life Poetry 06 September 2016

Nice write. Thank you for sharing.

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Maveriqué Richard 06 September 2016

Smooth rhyme pattern, nicely drawn from the astute bowels of thoughtastute. Thanks for sharing.

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Edward Kofi Louis 06 September 2016

'Beneath the frowns of FATE'! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Rebecca Navarre 06 September 2016

Beautiful. Deep, and full of understanding, shelter among nature! ! !

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