tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post1756495808196279972..comments2024-03-27T06:42:26.250-07:00Comments on Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: In Defence of PoesieKatherine Langrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-3037408960058938502012-10-12T08:53:48.846-07:002012-10-12T08:53:48.846-07:00That's lovely, Marcos! They were really consi...That's lovely, Marcos! They were really considering this at the time, weren't they!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-89380802448372860972012-10-12T07:21:55.230-07:002012-10-12T07:21:55.230-07:00As far as defenses of poetry go, I particularly en...As far as defenses of poetry go, I particularly enjoy this one, by Michel de Montaigne:<br /><br />"History is my particular game as to matter of reading, or else poetry, for which I have particular kindness and esteem: for, as Cleanthes said, as the voice, forced through the narrow passage of a trumpet, comes out more forcible and shrill: so, methinks, a sentence pressed within the harmony of verse darts out more briskly upon the understanding, and strikes my ear and apprehension with a smarter and more pleasing effect."<br /><br />(Essays, XXV - On the education of children)Marcos Fariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799037117497024875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-65153846844418128112012-10-12T02:13:49.402-07:002012-10-12T02:13:49.402-07:00He was indeed very dashing wasn't he? Totally ...He was indeed very dashing wasn't he? Totally agree that fiction allows us doorways history closes. Cannot compare the two, both reqwuired for a life with dreaming and imagination. LeeAnn at Mrs Black's https://www.blogger.com/profile/05923451542086673198noreply@blogger.com