Comments on: On Advice to Young Poets: an excerpt from The Monk by Matthew G. Lewis http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/01/on-advice-to-young-poets-an-excerpt-from-the-monk-by-matthew-g-lewis/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lesh http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/01/on-advice-to-young-poets-an-excerpt-from-the-monk-by-matthew-g-lewis/#comment-6777 Lesh Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:37:09 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=1228#comment-6777 Maybe that's the original meaning of 'sofa' - somewhere set aside for purposes positive to Knowledge(sophi = knowledge). 'Stead of letting it ooze away in couch-potatoery. The verses are gayer than springtime, but not glove-suckily. Anyway from what I know of the book it probably bodes unwell for the naive young poet. I wonder if people agree with the Marquis - are all writers doomed to have people attempting to 'dig up dirt' on them? Maybe that’s the original meaning of ‘sofa’ – somewhere set aside for purposes positive to Knowledge(sophi = knowledge). ‘Stead of letting it ooze away in couch-potatoery.
The verses are gayer than springtime, but not glove-suckily. Anyway from what I know of the book it probably bodes unwell for the naive young poet.
I wonder if people agree with the Marquis – are all writers doomed to have people attempting to ‘dig up dirt’ on them?
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]]> By: unreliable narrator http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2009/01/on-advice-to-young-poets-an-excerpt-from-the-monk-by-matthew-g-lewis/#comment-6776 unreliable narrator Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:20:12 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=1228#comment-6776 I guess the thing I enjoy most about this is that it's gayer than springtime. Also, WOW that's a lot of stanzas. Also, you can spell "Sopha" like that? It sounds so <i>wise.</i> "Their incorrectness may be forgiven in those who work for money....But in those whom no necessity forces to turn Author, who merely write for fame...faults are impardonable...." Where are those enthusiastic class-obsessed Harriet commenters when you <i>really</i> need 'em— I guess the thing I enjoy most about this is that it’s gayer than springtime. Also, WOW that’s a lot of stanzas. Also, you can spell “Sopha” like that? It sounds so wise.
“Their incorrectness may be forgiven in those who work for money….But in those whom no necessity forces to turn Author, who merely write for fame…faults are impardonable….”
Where are those enthusiastic class-obsessed Harriet commenters when you really need ‘em—
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