tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post3866866991152186358..comments2024-03-07T12:57:35.296-05:00Comments on Varieties of Unreligious Experience: IcarusConrad H. Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-37475366138306171242007-09-03T17:54:00.000-04:002007-09-03T17:54:00.000-04:00Yes of course, the variation in vowel sounds is a ...Yes of course, the variation in vowel sounds is a function of the alliterative patterning. I hear the vowels modulating the tones of the wind mingling with, but not quite giving way to, the ‘melancholy long withdrawing roar’ of the sea.Raminagrobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008850757226541475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-92175489677381413142007-09-03T15:30:00.000-04:002007-09-03T15:30:00.000-04:00S and R, thanks--though I must admit I'm surprised...S and R, thanks--though I must admit I'm surprised by R's taste for the vowels, as this poem was intended as a play with consonants. Still, <EM>vive la difference!</EM>Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-26623367042448790482007-09-02T20:30:00.000-04:002007-09-02T20:30:00.000-04:00The vowel sounds are evocative.I like this a lot.The vowel sounds are evocative.<BR/><BR/>I like this a lot.Raminagrobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12008850757226541475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-68332831608675147502007-08-31T21:00:00.000-04:002007-08-31T21:00:00.000-04:00I very much like this myth, and I think your poem ...I very much like this myth, and I think your poem truly captures it.pilgrimchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13808106043964544413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-69581877731967230852007-08-31T20:13:00.000-04:002007-08-31T20:13:00.000-04:00Thanks.Thanks.Conrad H. Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01916542057749474124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20433842.post-30322642748931704592007-08-31T08:27:00.000-04:002007-08-31T08:27:00.000-04:00Inventive, inspiring awe, difficult to scan, easy ...Inventive, inspiring awe, difficult to scan, easy to sound. A broken whole.<BR/><BR/>Lauded, and applauded.Rudolph Esterhuysenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17583788264184537885noreply@blogger.com