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[buddhistgandhi]

ASHLEY MARTIN AND UNKNOWN PERSON I CHOOSE THEE!

THUNDERDOME!!!

It was night and the rain fell;
and, falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood.
And I stood in the morass among the tall lillies, and the rain fell upon my head -
and the lillies sighed one unto the other in the solemnity of their desolation.

gogogogogogo

Comments

[llewllynn]

Not Poe at all, except OMG! RAIN! HORROR! TEH POEZ0RZ! I can see where people want to make the association, but it's just not REALLY there. It’s more feminine than macabre. Seriously, whereas the dead person? The cask? The mask of death? the raven? the heart? Eleanor Rigby? Nowhere. It’s too sweet to be Poe. I think if Virginia Woolf had a bad day and was a little depressed (A little? the bitch killed herself) she'd write kind of like that. but it'd be published and read in femme lit courses and I'd be able to find some masonginistic & feminist reasoning for the rain and the lilies. so clearly, it's not her either

[_catharses]

Haha, sorry to offend. I guess that I just didn't realize that we lived in a world according to one English major. I also didn't realize that, with probably hundreds of pieces of work, that ol' Edgar was limited to writing about cats with a vengeance, ravens, et al. However, I do realize that his writing does not usually not vary too far from macabre... but what Nick put up might just be an excerpt from something larger that does follow along the lines of "OMG! RAIN! HORROR! TEH POEZ0RZ

[_catharses]

I did not mean to use the word not twice in fourth sentence, or whatever it was. Please excuse all other spelling and/or grammatical mistakes, as I am out of my right mind. :)

[llewllynn]

Oh no, I didnt mean to be insulting to the two of you saying that it was reminiscent of Poe, I even said I could understand the connection. I was just taking it further in the fact that getting down to the root of it it was more sympathetic in tone.
and if it's an excerpt Nick, why not post the whole thing?

[buddhistgandhi]

people can be wrong sometimes ashley. even you ;)

dont worry i still love you. sorta. in a masochistic sort of way.

[buddhistgandhi]

http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe/works/silence.html

thats a copy of the whole thing. i found it to be very different from normal poe, and i liked it alot. thought you may want to read it. it's called Silence.

i still less than three you.

[llewllynn]

We can get into a educational debate as to why certain things are written. and why sone works are studied further or why they are not, therefore leading to censorship, juob titles, etc... but I don't think that's a can you'd really like to open at this point in time.
It is very unlike Poe, as as you've even aknolwedged that, therefore you can likewise understand why my argument is as it is. The passage you chose is weak for Poe, not reflective of 'his writing style'. Dare I say it in my humble opinion, it's somewhat sub-par. As I have said, it's along the lines of "Life is beautiful and tragic *sigh* lets put flowers in a vase."
As for this comment, "I guess that I just didn't realize that we lived in a world according to one English major," I found it very amusing. A friend of mine once said the whole point to having an English Major is to be able to argue with others with the same major and never reach a final conclusion. In my study, I will never be 100% right, nor will I be 100% wrong. So, your friend's sarcasm while trying to be

[llewllynn]

I never said it was my way or only my way, Nick, so perhaps read next time.

[buddhistgandhi]

nor did i.

who pooed in your oatmeal?

or are we just tired and stressed?

ahhhh angry faux redhead on the loose!

[llewllynn]

people can be wrong sometimes ashley. even you ;)

I'm sick.

[buddhistgandhi]

ahhh no sarcasm there. i was merely stating that it is truely a rare occasion that you are wrong. without any snide tone or anything of the ilk.

and i STILL less than three you.

and your hair.

[llewllynn]

you miss the point.

[buddhistgandhi]

i heart you robin elizabeth rapelje.

that is all.