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#1 Post by eirian » Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:38 pm

Can anyone recommend any good poetry sites? I've found 5 of the 7 poems so far, using poetryfoundation.org, but can't find the others.
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#2 Post by LAT » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:05 pm

I didn't use any specific sites but googled for the poet's work instead once I got down to a couple needed.

Mind you, I'm a bit stuck now as I don't know what to do next. :( I'm hoping I haven't gone wrong but am beginning to fear I have.

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Re: poetry

#3 Post by giraffe » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:13 pm

I got all but two from The Oxford Book Of English Verse, but had no luck online for the other two. I have now dug out a book of Coleridge from a box under Kingsley's bed and am hoping for inspiration. :lol:

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Re: poetry

#4 Post by eirian » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:18 pm

I was getting fed up of googling and seemingly not getting anywhere. Got them all now though.

I'm with LA now though - where to go from here.....
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Re: poetry

#5 Post by chazzie » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:20 pm

Struggled to find the last two - but then got there with help at www.poetry-archive.com.

Not sure what to do now though :!:

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Re: poetry

#6 Post by SparkOut » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:26 pm

I found these helpful to get my list:

http://www.artofeurope.com/poetry/index.html

http://www.internal.org/list_authors.phtml

http://www.everypoet.com/index.htm

http://www.poemhunter.com

The last two are really annoyingly pop-up advert ridden.

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Re: poetry

#7 Post by giraffe » Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:18 pm

The Coleridge book came up trumps, :) but my theory as to what to do next seems to have petered out. :(

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Re: poetry

#8 Post by SparkOut » Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:42 pm

I can help with some pointers on this one if needed.

1) Put the quotes in order (according to the list shown above the grid).

2) Look for what's wrong in the quotes that you found in the grid.

3) PM for more hints if needed, but I shouldn't post too much here, even if spoilered, so... give the above a try and let me know if you need more help.

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Re: poetry

#9 Post by kathlyn » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:04 pm

can i check with someone please as the first lines i've got don't quite match :!:
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Re: poetry

#10 Post by chazzie » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:08 pm

You can check with me - I've just found the answer :D

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Re: poetry

#11 Post by eirian » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:14 pm

:D :D :D :D :D got it! :D :D :D :D
Golly, that OH of mine is good! Maybe I should have got him a copy..... (but then, I'd still be stuck!)
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Re: poetry

#12 Post by giraffe » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:20 pm

No idea what I do after finding the lines. Everything I have tried doesn't seem to work. The film posters even got my husband joining in....that has never happened before :o

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Re: poetry

#13 Post by pnward » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:39 pm

Well I managed to get all the quotes and have found some discrepancies!!!

Tried to match discrepancies by rhyme or anagram and still nothing - what is occurring?

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Re: poetry

#14 Post by katsmom » Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:53 pm

found the quotes, looked up the grid. Put them in order? too many differences?

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Re: poetry

#15 Post by katsmom » Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:25 pm

Doh! How silly to get all but one letter right? then to get it wrong over and over and over! oh well, what's next? Word Chain I think.

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Re: poetry

#16 Post by maisie ladybird » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:48 pm

Found all seven lines and the discrepancies but unsure where to go next - can anyone give a gentle nudge please?

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Re: poetry

#17 Post by Scurra » Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:50 pm

SparkOut's message above (the one with spoiler text in it) is a good place to start.

p.s. Don't think this is going to be a regular occurrence :D
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Re: poetry

#18 Post by LAT » Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:00 pm

Blimey Scurra! Are you going all soft?

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Re: poetry

#19 Post by maisie ladybird » Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:05 pm

Scurra wrote:SparkOut's message above (the one with spoiler text in it) is a good place to start.

p.s. Don't think this is going to be a regular occurrence :D

Thanks - thought I'd gone as far as I could with SpartOut's hint but realised there was still another few steps - got it now

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Re: poetry

#20 Post by Scurra » Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:06 pm

Well, I have to confess I was tempted to go and edit SparkOut's message so that it said something else though :wink:
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