tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15914227.post2839816884822519889..comments2023-10-19T20:24:30.761+08:00Comments on Orpheus Sings the Guitar Electric: Ulyssesdarkorpheushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02565452271408221461noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15914227.post-36880580283962698862008-02-09T17:57:00.000+08:002008-02-09T17:57:00.000+08:00Imani It is a great poem, and it deserves to be re...<B>Imani</B> It is a great poem, and it deserves to be read aloud, with dramatic presentation. <BR/><BR/>I would actually like to watch a grand actor read this poem on stage. Maybe someone like Peter O'Toole, with his voice and his blue, blue eyes. I was in love with those eyes in "Troy" the movie.<BR/><BR/>Can you see it? A grand gentleman, his body still sinewy - legacy of a strong, heroic youth. His beard and hair are white but his eyes still fierce and sharp. He stands to great heights and he speaks these lines, his voice robust and clear.<BR/><BR/>I think Harold Bloom is an old romantic himself. <BR/><BR/><B>Matt</B> Ulysses is very stirring. And I think a lot of us can identity with the poem, especially towards the end:<BR/><BR/><I>Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.</I><BR/><BR/>I get tingles every time I read these lines.<BR/><BR/>Good for you on re-reading The Odyssey. I have never completed my first reading. ;pdarkorpheushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565452271408221461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15914227.post-3479960996747862782008-02-09T07:21:00.000+08:002008-02-09T07:21:00.000+08:00Ulysses seems to be a hit, cropping up all over th...Ulysses seems to be a hit, cropping up all over the place. My undergrads are reading Ulysses, and the book that I'm reading now, Contempt by Italian writer Alberto Moravia, muses on the Odessey. I might re-read Odessey as well soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15914227.post-22689579626452365492008-02-09T01:18:00.000+08:002008-02-09T01:18:00.000+08:00It's also a Harold Bloom favourite, so whenever I'...It's also a Harold Bloom favourite, so whenever I'm listening to him getting in a huff and I'm tempted to curl my lips and back away I remind myself, He <I>does</I> adore "Ulysses"; he can't be that bad.Imanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647980707788075258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15914227.post-58198031396635158082008-02-09T01:16:00.000+08:002008-02-09T01:16:00.000+08:00Best poem ever! I have it written out in one of my...Best poem ever! I have it written out in one of my journals so that I can have a look at it every now and again. It's also one of those poems that begs to be spoken out loud, complete with dramatic hand gestures and facial expressions.<BR/><BR/>(Or is that just me? *ahem*)Imanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647980707788075258noreply@blogger.com