tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458283114912397405.post2890427268646746771..comments2024-03-04T01:41:30.539-05:00Comments on The Secret Victorianist: Tennyson’s ‘To Virgil’: An Exercise in Analysing PoetrySecret Victorianisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15346234352007002183noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458283114912397405.post-46827894903777767192023-09-11T17:23:32.994-04:002023-09-11T17:23:32.994-04:00Thanks for an informative and helpful guide for un...Thanks for an informative and helpful guide for understanding a poem!Claraevallensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04698102966816228149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458283114912397405.post-34491445525253386312023-09-11T17:22:24.854-04:002023-09-11T17:22:24.854-04:00Thanks Secret Victorianist, for a very nicely-expl...Thanks Secret Victorianist, for a very nicely-explained and exemplified way to go about understanding a poem! Claraevallensishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04698102966816228149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458283114912397405.post-5596106243348971852023-05-23T23:31:24.087-04:002023-05-23T23:31:24.087-04:00Awesome article, it was exceptionally helpfulAwesome article, it was exceptionally helpfulMir Hassanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00583411192121852036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458283114912397405.post-2887979151845353432021-08-08T01:42:46.751-04:002021-08-08T01:42:46.751-04:00I think I see the dactyls dissolving into trochees...I think I see the dactyls dissolving into trochees!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315502105088678939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2458283114912397405.post-62031631353530028652021-08-07T23:00:03.379-04:002021-08-07T23:00:03.379-04:00You don't mention that Tennyson's homage t...You don't mention that Tennyson's homage to Virgil's stateliest measure (dactylic hexameter), in the last verse, is not the measure of the poem, where dactyls appear only in lines two and four. Do you think he was being too clever for his own or Virgil's good?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315502105088678939noreply@blogger.com