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Comment 17 of 37, added on December 4th, 2005 at 2:55 AM.
Doin this for a HSC english assignment and found it and a bunch of other
poems. this one jumped out at me (no, literally), but i didnt know if it
was appropriate. I showed all of the poem,s to my teacher and she also
chose this one. I love it, simple yet elegant. Or simply elegant. then i
decided to research more about the poem and found this site. Part of what
we have to do is link it to at least one of ST Coleridge's poems, either:
Kubla Khan, This lime tree bower my prison, Frost at midnight and The rime
of the ancient mariner. I love the Rime and this, maybe it's the whole
ocean thing?
Anyway, Have fun!!!
josh from Australia
Comment 16 of 37, added on December 1st, 2005 at 5:12 PM.
This Poem is so over rated like common if i had one of his poetry books I
would probaly not read it, it gets old
Nick from United States
Comment 15 of 37, added on October 18th, 2005 at 1:22 PM.
umm i like commenting these things and laughing at the other
comments.......... im bored....... everything is fun to me rite now....
jenny
Comment 14 of 37, added on September 22nd, 2005 at 9:01 AM.
My wife's Grandmother used to recite this poem on visits years ago. As she
was a great lady, I decided to surprise my wife, Doris, with a special
gift. When we stopped for a break in sight of the wreck of the Morazan
while hiking the shores of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan, I recited
"The Wreck of the Hesperus." My wife was moved - the reaction was precious.
Since then, I have gone on to memorize other poems, and continue to do so.
James Cubberly from United States
Comment 13 of 37, added on September 15th, 2005 at 5:27 AM.
This would have to be my most favourite poem. My father used to read it to
me when I was little, when I was a teenager he gave me a very old copy of
Longfellow's Poems which I treasure. I am now a poet myself and owe much of
my success to the encouragement my dad has given to me over the years.
Andy from Australia
Comment 12 of 37, added on September 12th, 2005 at 7:06 PM.
My maternal Grandmother came from a ship building family in Yarmouth, N.S.
She later moved to Massachusetts where she married and had three daughters
and one son.She(and my mother) often used the expression, '..looked like
the wreck of the Hesperus..'.I never knew the meaning of this until I saw
the poem referenced on a T.V. quiz show and then found the poem on this
site. I always thought it was equivalent to, 'seven sheets to the wind'
(another of her colorful expressions) but now I understand her meaning and
can hear her saying this to my mother and my two aunts when they were
little girls growing up in their house on the Charles River.
Brian Burke from United States
Comment 11 of 37, added on August 20th, 2005 at 8:35 PM.
I'm not sure that this means anything , but even though I didn't do all
that well in school I memorized this poem to recite in front of the class
in 1959 . There were much shorter poems to chose from ,however this one
grabbed me and demanded that I recite it. I still love this poem and I
still can't give a reason for it........
Janet Myers from United States
Comment 10 of 37, added on August 4th, 2005 at 2:41 PM.
Searching, starts, Once there was a little boy named ? and every Friday
afternoon he had to give a speech ( wreck of the shooner Hesparus in the
poem
Sam Wake from United States
Comment 9 of 37, added on April 17th, 2005 at 10:07 PM.
As a young child,my mother would often call me The Wreck of the Hesperus. I
had a vague idea that it had something to do with my hair being untidy, but
growing up in the 1960's, I never questioned the real meaning. Finally as
an adult, I learned that it was a poem about a ship that sunk, but never
having read the poem I still couldn't quite make the conection between a
boat and my hair. Anyway this morning my eight year old daughter stumbled
into my bedroom with her hair sticking out every which way, and I couldn't
help but repeat my mother's old saying "You look like the Wreck of the
Hesperus." Instantly, I was asked what on earth I was talking about, so off
to the computer we went. Finally after all these years, I was able to read
the poem and fully understand and explain it's meaning.
How I love the power of modern technology.
Amanda Wilson from New Zealand
Comment 8 of 37, added on April 8th, 2005 at 1:40 PM.
This poem is a famous poem in my Language book.
Chris Hawks from United States
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Doin this for a HSC english assignment and found it and a bunch of other
poems. this one jumped out at me (no, literally), but i didnt know if it
was appropriate. I showed all of the poem,s to my teacher and she also
chose this one. I love it, simple yet elegant. Or simply elegant. then i
decided to research more about the poem and found this site. Part of what
we have to do is link it to at least one of ST Coleridge's poems, either:
Kubla Khan, This lime tree bower my prison, Frost at midnight and The rime
of the ancient mariner. I love the Rime and this, maybe it's the whole
ocean thing?
Anyway, Have fun!!!
josh from Australia