Bonsoir mon petit Honors poetry analysists!!! so after a week's abscence from the blogging scene [je suis desolee, Honors Council.. I do love you guys *sheepish grin*] I am back with a renewed vigor and a sigh of relief that we are into a realm I understand.. not to knock Dr. Biskner but I hate politcal philosophy.
sorry guys, I'm digressing badly.. getting to the point... now!
So last week was Romantic poetry part 1 with the Brothers Sublime, a.k.a. Coleridge and Wordsworth and I have to say, their poetry is simply amazing, especially when talking about the idea of the sublime. The sublime is a very scary thing, if you think about it.. something completely awe-inspiring, mystifying and dark-tinged.
It reminds me a lot of God.. not that God is dark but God is mysterious and awe-inspiring and He creates awe-inspiring creations that have been the subjects for the poetic greats. Take Wordsworth's "Lines Composed Miles Above Tintern Abbey" for instance. The abbey that Wordsworth is at is a crumbling, out of use sort of place most likely with moss growing on it and looking run down and dismal yet to Wordsworth, this abbey symbolized the sublime and Nature's dark beauty. God created the humans who built the abbey and He created the ruining of it so Wordsworth could see with his own eyes the way God turns our lives upside down with mystifying and monumental power.
It makes me humble to read this kind of poetry because the imagery calls to mind dark sunsets and fog-covered ruins that make one shiver with incontestable yet delicious fright for the intensity of it all.
Does it to you also?
think about it, darlings and I shall bid you all adieu until next we meet upon this subliminal shore!
commented on Willy D's blog.
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