Mark's Least Favorite
The Argument
Rintrah roars & shakes his fires in the burden'd air;
Hungry clouds swag on the deep.
Once meek, and in a perilous path,
The just man kept his course along
The vale of death.
Roses are planted where thorns grow,
And on the barren heath
Sing the honey bees.
Then the perilous path was planted:
And a river and a spring
On every cliff and tomb:
And on the bleached bones
Red clay brought forth.
Till the villain left the paths of ease,
To walk in perilous paths, and drive
The just man into barren climes.
Now the sneaking serpent walks
In mild humility,
And the just man rages in the wilds
Where lions roam.
Rintrah roars & shakes his fires in the burden'd air;
Hungry clouds swag on the deep.
I found this poem rather confusing and could not understand what it is that he is trying to say. The name itself makes you think of a fight but then when I read it I just got confused. The name just does not seem to go with the rest of the poem. This poem was intended for someone better at understanding poetry, its a challenge and i still dont know what to say about it.
Wade's Least Favorite Poem
To Morning
O holy virgin! clad in purest white,
Unlock heav'n's golden gates, and issue forth;
Awake the dawn that sleeps in heaven; let light
Rise from the chambers of the east, and bring
The honey'd dew that cometh on waking day.
O radiant morning, salute the sun
Rous'd like a huntsman to the chase, and with
Thy buskin'd feet appear upon our hills.
I found this poem very confusing. It uses words in it that I have never seen in my life, i realize that times were different back then and vocabulary has changed, but I am still trying to figure out a word like "Rous'd". I'm not much of a morning person myself either, so I think that plays into me not giving this poem a legit chance. I think this poem is for someone who lived in that era, or someone who is very creative to decode this old time slang.