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poetry

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:38 pm
by eirian
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.

Re: poetry

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:05 pm
by LAT
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.

Re: poetry

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:13 pm
by giraffe
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:

Re: poetry

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:18 pm
by eirian
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.....

Re: poetry

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:20 pm
by chazzie
Struggled to find the last two - but then got there with help at www.poetry-archive.com.

Not sure what to do now though :!:

Re: poetry

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:26 pm
by SparkOut
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.

Re: poetry

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:18 pm
by giraffe
The Coleridge book came up trumps, :) but my theory as to what to do next seems to have petered out. :(

Re: poetry

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:42 pm
by SparkOut
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.

Re: poetry

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:04 pm
by kathlyn
can i check with someone please as the first lines i've got don't quite match :!:

Re: poetry

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:08 pm
by chazzie
You can check with me - I've just found the answer :D

Re: poetry

Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:14 pm
by eirian
: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!)

Re: poetry

Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:20 pm
by giraffe
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

Re: poetry

Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:39 pm
by pnward
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?

Re: poetry

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:53 pm
by katsmom
found the quotes, looked up the grid. Put them in order? too many differences?

Re: poetry

Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:25 pm
by katsmom
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.

Re: poetry

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:48 pm
by maisie ladybird
Found all seven lines and the discrepancies but unsure where to go next - can anyone give a gentle nudge please?

Re: poetry

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 8:50 pm
by Scurra
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

Re: poetry

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:00 pm
by LAT
Blimey Scurra! Are you going all soft?

Re: poetry

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:05 pm
by maisie ladybird
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

Re: poetry

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:06 pm
by Scurra
Well, I have to confess I was tempted to go and edit SparkOut's message so that it said something else though :wink: