A bit of Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth

[kellyrfineman]

I spent about half an hour yesterday looking through my computer files for an article I'd written relating to the quote from Chapter 27 of Pride & Prejudice, "what are men to rocks and mountains?", only to come up empty. But I couldn't get Wordsworth out of my head, so today, I found a post I wrote in 2009 while on retreat in New Hampshire. Most of

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tanita says:

[anonymous]

::sigh::
Good old Tintern Abbey. I wrote a massive paper on this once, and I don't think I've looked at it since...! It is really beautiful, though.

Re: tanita says:

[kellyrfineman]

It can be daunting because it's so long, but Austen thought nothing of reading long poems - all that Scott and Byron she liked was long, too.

[jeannineatkins]

Oh, I'm happy to think that one of my favorite poems was beloved by Jane Austen. And Tanita, too, I see. I'm feeling the rocks and mountains thing lately, so thanks for the poetic context. Though I like you, too, of course!

[kellyrfineman]

I developed a massive crush on Wordsworth in high school, from which I've never fully recovered. Glad to know you love Tintern Abbey so much!

[bogwitch64]

I just thought you'd like hearing that I just bought (upon the urging of a friend) the Bollywood movie, Bride and Prejudice.

I'm pretty stoked to see it. :)

[kellyrfineman]

My girls both adore that movie, which we own. Come to think of it, I haven't watched it. Guess what I'll be doing this weekend?

[bogwitch64]

Woohoo! Mine should come today. It'll be like we're watching it together! :)

[kellyrfineman]

I found my kids' copy in the basement, and am good to go after dinner. Which may be soon - I'm really hungry!