The Roundel

[clodia_metelli]

When you see this, post some poetry - seen at curiouswombat, hhimring, engarian.

A roundel is wrought as a ring or a starbright sphere

Comments

[engarian]

Oh, this is so pretty. Great choice of poem.

- Erulisse (one L)

[clodia_metelli]

Thanks! I flipped through my collection for something short, and pulled out this.

[curiouswombat]

I really like the rhythm of this one.

[clodia_metelli]

Me too. It's so bouncy! I have a feeling it's something complicated and Sapphic that is rather hard to pull off in English, but am slightly too lazy to look it up.

[wormwood_7]

Very nice. I have never read much Swinburne.

[clodia_metelli]

I must admit, a lot of what I've read is a bit too overwrought for me. But I liked this piece.

[hhimring]

They say he gets carried away too much by his ear for the music of words. But for a poem like this, that's just right!

[clodia_metelli]

Well, I mostly remember the poem that spent a good twenty lines (I counted) describing someone's incredibly blue eyes. That seemed a little excessive to me. I do like this neat little metapoem, though. It's dainty and pretty and polished, like a pearl earring.

[anna_wing]

Swinburne is truly great among the minor poets.

[clodia_metelli]

Unequivocal faint praise! (I laughed.)