| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 1772–1834 |
| 549. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
Category: Literature
In any type of writing, there are three possible points of view: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, or me, you, and other. There are three periods of the English language’s history: Old, Middle, and Modern. And dramas traditionally have three parts: prot asis, epitasis, and catastrophe.
Caesar, in Antony and Cleopatra
The time of universal peace is near.
Prove this a prosp'rous day,
the three-nooked world
Shall bear the olive freely.
ATTRIBUTION: William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British dramatist, poet. Caesar, in Antony and Cleopatra, act 4, sc. 6, l. 4-6.
Anticipating peace; "Prove this" means "If this prove"; " three-nooked" means three-cornered. Continue reading Caesar, in Antony and Cleopatra
Triad
Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885-1977). Modern American Poetry. 1919.
Adelaide Crapsey. 1878-1914
72. Triad
THESE be
Three silent things:
The falling snow … the hour
Before the dawn … the mouth of one
Just dead. 5 Continue reading Triad
