But trying to chill and recover. Choir tonight. It's Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony, which is beautiful music but the lyrics are by whatshamacallit - Walt Whitman. Not my favourite poet, Walt. Brevity was not his strong point, nor was subtlety.
the reason whitman is so tedious is that, being american, he has to be very solemn to prove he's a "serious"poet. he labours the point because there is no strong literary tradition to allude to.
the reason whitman is so tedious is that, being american, he has to be very solemn to prove he's a "serious"poet. he labours the point because there is no strong literary tradition to allude to.
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