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I haven't seen this illustrated version, I'll have to find it.
For anyone who really likes this poem, I recommend picking up a critical edition such as Ricks' Tennyson, which shows changes the poet made, sometimes even after the original publication. Mostly notably, in earlier versions of the poem the Lady arrives still alive before the knights and makes a declaration before dying; this was later changed to the standard version where she arrives already deceased and "has a lovely face." ...more
For anyone who really likes this poem, I recommend picking up a critical edition such as Ricks' Tennyson, which shows changes the poet made, sometimes even after the original publication. Mostly notably, in earlier versions of the poem the Lady arrives still alive before the knights and makes a declaration before dying; this was later changed to the standard version where she arrives already deceased and "has a lovely face." ...more
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this is the best way to take in this beautiful poem. I loved it and can not praise it enough. ...more
this is the best way to take in this beautiful poem. I loved it and can not praise it enough. ...more
My fave poem. Guess I fetishise tragedy. And am paradoxically enamoured of shadows.
*deifies drowning damsels*
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*deifies drowning damsels*
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