Weblog Entry - 03/15/2002: "Which poet am I?"

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03/15/2002 Entry: "Which poet am I?"

You are e.e. cummings
Your use of the English language is not bound to any grammatical or even logical standards. You live your life with rhythym and passion and find yourself constantly searching for meaning by traveling or in new relationships.

Take the Which Poet are You? Quiz - brought to you out of boredom and pretention!

I actually scored equally among 3 poets: Alfred Lord Tennyson, ee, and (gasp) Mya Angeloo (?)! I'll pick ee, thank you! Or better...

ill pic(k) ee thankyouverymuch (!)

Replies: 9 people have rocked the mic!

I was also one of 3: T. S. Eliot, Alfred Lord Tennyson and William Shakespeare. I like Tennyson the best: I am analytical and like to debate. I want truth and beauty. Every cloud has a silver lining. I believe it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.

Posted by beloved @ 03/15/2002 01:48 PM EST

You like Tennyson? You're not getting him confused with Lord Byron, are you? If not, I didn't know you were a Tennyson fan. I like "Crosing the Bar" and "Break, Break, Break" the best.

As for ee, I am a fan of "In Just- Spring." It's funny, and a little sad: ee's poems are still under copyright, and the copyright holders vigorously defend that copyright on th Internet. I've seen many ee sites that say "Sorry, but I had to pull the poems down." Too bad--they really should be shared. I'm going to add a new post right now!

Posted by B.R. @ 03/15/2002 02:26 PM EST

I am Alfred Lord Tennyson, Carl Sandburg, and Shakespeare. Who is Sandburg? I was hoping for Edna St. Vincent Millay. Oh, well. Can't win 'em all.

Posted by Your Sister @ 03/15/2002 10:04 PM EST

What I meant by like was I think the Tennyson description, out of the 3 listed, best describes me. Sorry for the confusion.

Posted by beloved @ 03/15/2002 10:35 PM EST

Sandburg is one of my favorites! I only wish that had been me. You, Sandburg... Chicago? Hog butcher for the world? Fog? On little cat feet? You know Fog. I know you know it. You just have forgotten.

Posted by B.R. @ 03/17/2002 09:22 AM EST

Now that I see it, I do remember "little cat feet"! Just never realized (or remembered) who had written it. I like the Grass poem, too. Guess I need to start reading poetry again. I don't really think I have since high school. (I do remember ee cummings--we read one about a cockroach on a typewriter with Mrs. Perry. Sound familiar to you?)

Posted by Your Sister @ 03/17/2002 08:49 PM EST

I am a Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, and Emily Dickinson. Robert Frost is my all time favorite

Posted by momma II @ 03/18/2002 02:23 PM EST

You're not thinking of Archy and Mehitabel, are you? Archy was a cockroach who threw his body on a typewritter, and wrote free verse. Plus, he couldn't capitalize: he couldn't jump on a key and shift at the same time.

Posted by B.R. @ 03/18/2002 06:30 PM EST

That's the one of thinking of!!

Posted by Your Sister @ 03/19/2002 04:29 PM EST