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[Anonymous No.19434071]

>Letters were sent to him. Oh mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies, oh skilled to sing of Time or Eternity. God-gifted organ-voice of England, Milton, a name to resound for ages; whose Titan angels, Gabriel, Abdiel, starred from Jehovah's gorgeous armouries. Tower, as the deep-domed empyrean rings to the roar of an angel onset--me rather all that bowery loneliness.
>What a load of lube he said while God looked from upon as the brooks of Eden are mazily murmuring, and bloom profuse and cedar arches charm, as a wanderer out in ocean, where some refulgent sunset of India streams over a rich ambrosial ocean isle and crimson-hued the stately palm-woods whisper in odorous heights of even.

[Anonymous No.19434603]

>>19434071
She is so pretty

[Anonymous No.19434625]

>>19434071
It's so overwrought and pretentious it was difficult to read because my mind was immediately repulsed. Given how it is so incoherent and breaks grammar regularly it reads like something GPT-2 would spit out.

[Anonymous No.19434835]

>>19434071
blah blah blah

[Anonymous No.19434842]

>>19434071
reads like a tryhard. not pleasant. clunky and fat. trim it again.

[Anonymous No.19434856]

>Oh
Bait

[Anonymous No.19435011]

>>19434071
stick to shelley

[Anonymous No.19435221]

>>19435011
>>19434856
>>19434842
>>19434835
>>19434625
It was a "poem" originally.

Isn't it funny how English "poets" fundamentally can't rhyme (and nowadays can't even keep to a meter) and thus are limited to what essentially is "beautiful prose," especially evident when put into paragraphs?

[Anonymous No.19435230]

>>19435221
Nobody said it was beautiful prose though. Everyone said it sucked, so your "point" is nonsensical.

[Anonymous No.19435241]

>>19434071
>Holy thesaurus, batman!
I'm generally a fan of purple prose but this was some of the most pretentious, most excruciating shit ever ever laid eyes on. I was genuinely exhausted after finishing
>pic related. Far right, my dude

[Anonymous No.19435271]

>>19434071
jesus christ this is awful

what exactly do you think good prose should be? because this reads like an 8th grader's first attempt at putting pen to paper while imagining himself as the 14th century poet he saw depicted in a direct-to-video docudrama the teacher played in history class

modern prose which starts a sentence with "oh" should be punishable by death

[Anonymous No.19435363]

>>19435271
>>19435241
>>19435230
here:
>>19435221

this thread is just about the shittiness of english "poetry" and how it isn't even poetry. it's just shitty prose.

[Anonymous No.19435372]

>>19434071
Didn't read past the first word. Fuck you.

[Anonymous No.19435390]

>>19434071
That was pretty funny. I think it just goes to show /lit/ can't read, much less recognise Alfie when he's being quoted.

[Anonymous No.19435777]

>>19434071
disgusting nails

[Frater Asemlen !XS8vrClKs2 No.19436259]

>calling Tennyson pretentious and AI tier

Mfw

[Anonymous No.19436272]

>>19434071
Underage/10

[Anonymous No.19436301]

>"oh" and not "o"
0/10

[Anonymous No.19436368]

>>19434603
Not anymore

[Anonymous No.19436754]

>>19435221
Most Ancient Greek and Latin poetry didn't rhyme, either. However, there are plenty of English poems that do employ rhyme quite well. Any decent anthology can show you as much. The specific form used here by Tennyson is highly unusual in English poetry, and appears to be modelled on a much older Greek one. The strong use of rhythm and imagery is readily apparent, but the poet's rarefied language and choice of structure don't lend themselves well to any modern prose style—austere or not. You may wish to read some of Northrop Frye's essays if you're interested in the musical advantages of unrhymed verse (especially in longer works). Excessive rhyme can also be bad in its own way. Lastly, I'm not a huge fan of the free verse which you alluded to. It's often an excuse for poor discipline, but a little metrical variation is occasionally warranted.