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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Shakespeare: Haunting Line #95671 02/16/2003 10:32 AM Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague bonzaialsatian enthusiast bonzaialsatian enthusiast Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 261 London/Prague My favorite first-lines in poetry are the first two lines of Hopkins' Inversnaid: This darksome burn, horseback brown, His rollrock highroad roaring down It's just got such a powerful rhythm and makes the poem immediatly so solid and atmospheric - something to read out loud. And I think the rest of the poem is great too. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Shakespeare: Haunting Line Wordwind 02/15/2003 12:02 PM Re: Shakespeare: Haunting Line Buffalo Shrdlu 02/15/2003 12:56 PM Re: Shakespeare: Haunting Line Faldage 02/19/2003 11:30 AM Re: Shakespeare: Haunting Line Wordwind 02/19/2003 11:42 AM Re: The moon is a madness Faldage 02/19/2003 1:40 PM Re: The moon is a madness Alex Williams 02/19/2003 6:36 PM Re: The moon is a madness birdfeed 02/20/2003 1:12 AM Re: The moon is a madness maahey 02/20/2003 3:04 AM Re: The moon is a madness WhitmanO'Neill 02/20/2003 3:05 AM Re: Shakespeare: flaunting line Jackie 02/15/2003 11:33 PM Re: Shakespeare: flaunting line Wordwind 02/15/2003 11:42 PM Re: Shakespeare: flaunting line Jackie 02/16/2003 12:12 AM Re: Shakespeare: flaunting line WhitmanO'Neill 02/16/2003 12:52 AM Re: Shakespeare: Haunting Line Faldage 02/16/2003 2:56 AM Re: Shakespeare: Haunting Line WhitmanO'Neill 02/16/2003 3:02 AM Re: Slanted Arguments Faldage 02/16/2003 2:23 PM Re: Slanted Arguments Wordwind 02/16/2003 2:33 PM Re: Slanted Arguments Faldage 02/16/2003 2:45 PM Re: Slanted Arguments WhitmanO'Neill 02/16/2003 2:46 PM Re: Slanted Arguments milum 02/16/2003 2:53 PM Re: Slanted Arguments Faldage 02/16/2003 2:58 PM Re: Slanted Arguments WhitmanO'Neill 02/16/2003 5:10 PM Re: Slanted Arguments Buffalo Shrdlu 02/16/2003 5:24 PM Re: Slanted Arguments Jackie 02/16/2003 6:07 PM Re: Slanted Arguments Wordwind 02/16/2003 7:01 PM Re: Slanted Arguments milum 02/17/2003 2:15 PM Re: Shakespeare: Haunting Line maahey 02/16/2003 3:12 AM Re: Shakespeare: Haunting Line bonzaialsatian 02/16/2003 10:32 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,354 Members9,209 Most Online5,626 Mar 4th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 10 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,191 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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