tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post2247040356059043602..comments2024-02-09T16:13:32.416-08:00Comments on Classical Carousel: The Faerie Queene - Book II (Part I)Cleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-84576747215131583812016-09-28T09:07:01.868-07:002016-09-28T09:07:01.868-07:00Ah, there you are! I've been wondering about ...Ah, there you are! I've been wondering about you and your progress. I know what you mean; I don't want to get too discouraged and am taking advantage of my spurt of reading energy, but I also wonder if I'll ever finish it. In any case, have fun with your 15 month old who is much more fun than Spenser! :-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-31677648438689624412016-09-28T05:10:21.297-07:002016-09-28T05:10:21.297-07:00Look at you! Another book down in Spenser's ma...Look at you! Another book down in Spenser's magnum opus. I gave up on the Faerie Queene for now. I think it's too difficult to develop the momentum and concentration for it while also being a dad to a 15 month old. One day I will tackle it though!consoledreaderhttp://consolationofreading.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-12220238526287577552016-09-25T11:55:04.029-07:002016-09-25T11:55:04.029-07:00It's high adventure in the Middle Ages and the...It's high adventure in the Middle Ages and the drama of it is great fun! I hope that you read at least some of it one day. It's definitely worth it. I'm so looking forward to find out what happens in the last half of Book II!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-73635417453435712612016-09-25T11:51:47.933-07:002016-09-25T11:51:47.933-07:00Very neat! Perhaps you will read it one day! ......Very neat! Perhaps you <i>will</i> read it one day! ..... or a portion of it ...??? ;-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-30864767802031495182016-09-25T01:34:27.365-07:002016-09-25T01:34:27.365-07:00I'm listening to a audio course on poetry. Lec...I'm listening to a audio course on poetry. Lecture 5 discusses Spenser (The rhyme pattern is AB-AB-BC-BC-C (last line lasts a little longer and pulls all together in a powerful way)<br />Flamboyant, intense,<br />A great poet takes a tradition (like a sonnet) and bends it to his will. Even the teacher, agreat scholars... admit never finished reading FQ. I had to think of you! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-69518163642251345012016-09-24T11:05:26.137-07:002016-09-24T11:05:26.137-07:00Love the pre-Raphaelite paintings as well as the o...Love the pre-Raphaelite paintings as well as the others, especially the one by Vasilyev. I'm going to look him up. I'm not familiar with his work.<br /><br />I have never read the Faerie Queen but your description almost makes it sound a bit like a Soap Opera, all these different people with intertwined lives.<br /><br />Maybe one day I'll read it.Gently Madhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10450371589766691273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-28799995489597425942016-09-24T09:28:43.810-07:002016-09-24T09:28:43.810-07:00Lol! Now why am I not surprised to hear that? ;-)...Lol! Now why am I not surprised to hear that? ;-) Perhaps one day when you get through all that brain-exploding material that you're reading now, you just <i>might</i> pick it up. <br /><br />They should have "I Finished The Faerie Queene" badges to go along with the bubbly. Somewhere there must be some exclusive club!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-58245650019129126282016-09-24T09:25:00.602-07:002016-09-24T09:25:00.602-07:00You just have to dive in and keep swimming no matt...You just have to dive in and keep swimming no matter what. I'm finding that once I get familiar with some of the characters, the going is a bit easier. Go, Cirtnecce! See, I'm passing the cheering along! :-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-44057629994432591192016-09-24T09:20:48.397-07:002016-09-24T09:20:48.397-07:00Ah my, thank you! I need all the cheering I can g...Ah my, thank you! I need all the cheering I can get. It takes so much of your brain power and undivided attention, like a demanding child. This section was quite funny though which helped me keep going. Does it make you sleepy in the morning too? That would be a case to study!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-42847671864619474512016-09-24T04:47:27.696-07:002016-09-24T04:47:27.696-07:00I have no desire to read this book...therefore I&#...I have no desire to read this book...therefore I'm thankful for your summations. I hope you have a bottle of champagne ready in the fridge when you finish this reading experience! You deserve the bubbles!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-46256996236749625542016-09-24T01:02:57.000-07:002016-09-24T01:02:57.000-07:00I am impressed and inspired! I am diving in soon!T...I am impressed and inspired! I am diving in soon!Though I seem to be having similar Pavlovian reactions like Jean's! But plod on I will!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-7463371400530629732016-09-23T21:43:44.376-07:002016-09-23T21:43:44.376-07:00Go Cleo! I'm still plugging away, but every t...Go Cleo! I'm still plugging away, but every time I pick it up I get sleepy within 20 verses. It's starting to be embarrassingly Pavlovian!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-80463608674651129732016-09-23T08:33:58.016-07:002016-09-23T08:33:58.016-07:00LOL! My head wasn't feeling too good when I f...LOL! My head wasn't feeling too good when I first started it, but I think that it's adjusted by now. When I read over my review, it read like a 16th century soap opera. It made me laugh! :-DCleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-46855329145571125782016-09-23T04:01:57.536-07:002016-09-23T04:01:57.536-07:00I think this book would do my head in. I'll st...I think this book would do my head in. I'll stick to the re-telling for now :) Love the painting by Delacroix.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820925595506920754noreply@blogger.com