tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34352399.post3135172652531552251..comments2024-02-01T10:47:28.146-05:00Comments on The Quiet Country House: Marciehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582731584317660272noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34352399.post-65071754772807715602007-06-02T09:58:00.000-04:002007-06-02T09:58:00.000-04:00Rapunzel, In this poem the male narrator struggles...Rapunzel, In this poem the male narrator struggles with madness, which contrasts against his love for Maud. I think she is in part just an idealized young woman of her time, and partly based on a woman whom Tennyson courted unsuccessfully before his marriage to another lady. The woman, who presumably inspired Maud, was Rosa Baring who lived at Harrington Hall, whereat there were lovely gardens.Marciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582731584317660272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34352399.post-87237690775873885592007-06-01T16:40:00.000-04:002007-06-01T16:40:00.000-04:00Rapunzel, I don't know who Tennyson's Maud was. ...Rapunzel, I don't know who Tennyson's Maud was. I'll have to research that sometime. She could very well be a fictional character. He wrote about the King Arthurt legend and other such subjects, so Maud may be borrowed from some other older story. I really don't know. Good question!Marciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582731584317660272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34352399.post-30468167543090275652007-06-01T16:31:00.000-04:002007-06-01T16:31:00.000-04:00Beautiful pictures, and poem! Do we know who Tenny...Beautiful pictures, and poem! Do we know who Tennyson's Maud was?Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16295184242792867847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34352399.post-72044522635309950692007-05-31T20:12:00.000-04:002007-05-31T20:12:00.000-04:00Lizzie, Thank you! I certainly have done some da...Lizzie, Thank you! I certainly have done some daydreaming (mostly about what to do next in improving or expanding the garden! lol!) <BR/><BR/>I think you would be very good at expressing your thoughts in poetry. I am more of a "free verse" girl, which I suppose is just glorified prose. I like to read rhyming when well done, but my own poetry generally ends up as free verse.Marciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00582731584317660272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34352399.post-86090379908570478782007-05-31T20:06:00.000-04:002007-05-31T20:06:00.000-04:00Your stone path is just lovely- an ideal spot for ...Your stone path is just lovely- an ideal spot for daydreaming!<BR/><BR/>I need prompts to write poetry- I can be inspired, but am seldom apt to write rhyme or limerick. And when I do, I am shy about sharing. Me shy? Hmmmm...Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01457172862101774282noreply@blogger.com