tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post369684927235051622..comments2023-11-05T11:29:08.628+01:00Comments on EOI Goya Reading Club: The Eve of St. Agnes (John Keats 1795-1821)EOIGoya_Ingléshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12262249860831859927noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-79554706270257170962010-11-30T22:12:54.543+01:002010-11-30T22:12:54.543+01:00I wouldn't have imagined three years ago that ...I wouldn't have imagined three years ago that I would be reading this again in Woldingham, this snowy, freezing day...<br />Thank God that there were poets like Keats to speak so beautifully about life, beauty, death... Certainly, you can feel the freezing atmosphere, the cold winter, the cold church and the churchyard with all the sculptur'd dead that seem to freeze are, the owl and the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-73246760771601541452008-03-10T18:48:00.000+01:002008-03-10T18:48:00.000+01:00On Friday, when we had read this poem and Carmen e...On Friday, when we had read this poem and Carmen explained it for us, we could feel the Cold in our bodies and we could see the darkness of the scene and tiredness of the barefoot man.<BR/>I liked very much the part of “His prayer he saith….” I was imaging the chapel illuminated with lights in different tones of grey and cool blues to increase the sensation of cold. <BR/>“The joys of all his lifeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-26895676089616674762008-03-10T12:43:00.000+01:002008-03-10T12:43:00.000+01:00Hi! Everybody. Last Friday we were analyzing the e...Hi! Everybody. Last Friday we were analyzing the extracts of John Keats’ posted on the blog and it was quite interesting because once you are able to understand their content you really enjoy it a lot. Therefore, I recommend you to attend these classes. It might be nearly impossible to learn things like these anywhere else.<BR/><BR/>Although “To Autumn” is considered probably the best poem ever Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-61672564023702766222008-03-10T00:03:00.000+01:002008-03-10T00:03:00.000+01:00hahaha! It is curious to see how we understood the...hahaha! It is curious to see how we understood the same thing after reading Keats' poem. I think that we all are this man, independently of the age that we have. We usually think about the death and we always are regretting of our sins. So don´t worry, because we are doomed to be wrong and then to rectify. Certainly, I consider that it is better and more useful to obtain people´s pardon than God´Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-49937652044681640202008-03-08T10:59:00.000+01:002008-03-08T10:59:00.000+01:00I must have focussed a great deal on penitence, by...I must have focussed a great deal on penitence, by the look of those three comments. I ask myself why? Perhaps I have sinned too much? I am thinking of a near death? I like neither option!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-27003967997355183432008-03-07T15:16:00.001+01:002008-03-07T15:16:00.001+01:00It is a hash and dramatic poem. Thus the reader ca...It is a hash and dramatic poem. Thus the reader can find a older man who prays to take all his sins out of his body, in a holly penance, suffering and being sorrowful. He remained in a church sorrounded by dead sculptures between knights and ladies, he prayed oratories and suffers in silent by all the sinners. Awaiting for his time of death. How sad!! I feel really pity for his soul and his sins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-22561551358178823732008-03-07T15:16:00.000+01:002008-03-07T15:16:00.000+01:00I liked thwe poem because you can feel the coldnes...I liked thwe poem because you can feel the coldness, and, as Carmen said, Keats drew a winter picture that drives you to that situation. It is the act of catholics when they are going to the death and they feel sad because of his living actions. It is very easy, I think, and very common to regret just before dying to receive God´s pardon and to rest in heaven "per secula seculorum".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-58445140733765689002008-03-07T15:15:00.000+01:002008-03-07T15:15:00.000+01:00A very nice poem!!! It explains how important is f...A very nice poem!!! It explains how important is for catholic people to do some penitence in order to purify their alms when they think they had done someting wrong. It´s is just a simbolic way, that all catholic people understand, of asking for forgiveness<BR/><BR/>Elena Martínez 4ª AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-57990285337453897132008-02-27T11:04:00.000+01:002008-02-27T11:04:00.000+01:00I can’t avoid loving this poem. For me the best mo...I can’t avoid loving this poem. For me the best moment in Friday’s class was when we were reading and comment this text. I think it’s absolutely wonderful. You can feel the cold and the loneliness of the man; you can hear the music and, even, see the sculptures in the Church. You aren’t here any more, you are moved to the middle Ages, to a very different time and atmosphere. Everything is amazingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-70949446114066179502008-01-20T20:01:00.000+01:002008-01-20T20:01:00.000+01:00Claudia, what a nice little poem! I like the line ...Claudia, what a nice little poem! I like the line of the convent girl(I am one of those!!!) and of the women in the café.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-54872101822049488882008-01-20T19:57:00.000+01:002008-01-20T19:57:00.000+01:00Bandit, thanks for your advice. I´ll try to follow...Bandit, thanks for your advice. I´ll try to follow it. Sorry I have not posted the quote I promised. I´ve been unable to find it!!! I´ll continue looking. It may be easier to read the play again since I´ve wondering up and down the acts to no avail!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-69771145510785391552008-01-20T19:54:00.000+01:002008-01-20T19:54:00.000+01:00Ok Marta, I was just asking myself what the hell y...Ok Marta, I was just asking myself what the hell you meant, however all this has given the Bandit a chance to enjoy himself(I´m always glad when people have a good time)and the possibility of giving us a telling off and finding fault with us since we are "susceptible"!(I also mean this as a joke, Bandit). Don´t think ill of him, he has been like this since the beginning of the year, hasn´t he? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-64985709773019256572008-01-18T20:31:00.000+01:002008-01-18T20:31:00.000+01:00Hi! Really nice poem and thanks to Bandit for his ...Hi! Really nice poem and thanks to Bandit for his explanations on it.<BR/>As we have been talking about women´s beauty in some classes I would like to post a poem by Patrick Kavanagh. It is dedicated to all women in my class ( If I may, boys). I hope you like it.<BR/><BR/>GOD IN WOMAN<BR/>Now I must search till I have found my God- <BR/>Not in an orphanage. He hides<BR/>In Claudia 4º Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760657685814139508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-81131222287106104942008-01-17T21:57:00.000+01:002008-01-17T21:57:00.000+01:00Je, je. Marta and Carmen, I thought this blog was ...Je, je. Marta and Carmen, I thought this blog was created to encourage us to read not to discuss about trivial matters, wasn´t it?. As the famous poet Pipi Estrada said: "Time is an eraser". I´m completely sure that in a couple of days you will forget that childish argument. I wish you would stop discussing about teacher´s matters and focus your attention on promoting reading among us. (I would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-15644393645608905212008-01-17T18:48:00.000+01:002008-01-17T18:48:00.000+01:00Carmen,I meant that too,you have misinterpreted my...Carmen,I meant that too,you have misinterpreted my comment. For me "need" is positive or, at least I took it in that light. I think the idea of the "rope round the neck" is more suitable for "depend" than for "need", really. However I am very sorry to have been the cause of the misunderstanding specially as I entered in a conversation that was between you and one of your students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-53979588844300336112008-01-16T23:41:00.000+01:002008-01-16T23:41:00.000+01:00Going back to beauty and the effect it produces on...Going back to beauty and the effect it produces on the beholder, please look at today´s frontpage in La Razón and comtemplate Zapatero´s face admiring the startling Sheikess of Qatar!!! A poem in itself!!! <BR/>I´ll be taking the photo to class just in case you miss it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-13015651474166023112008-01-16T23:27:00.000+01:002008-01-16T23:27:00.000+01:00Sorry Marta but I still cannot make it out. Meee l...Sorry Marta but I still cannot make it out. Meee like my babies to need me? You do not know me too well. When people need others they put a rope round their necks, and that´s not very pleasant! Laura does it to Marian and I pity her! what I like is to be able to help and the sensation of trust, nothing to do with need.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-82287865089633851492008-01-16T00:31:00.000+01:002008-01-16T00:31:00.000+01:00I meant your comment is typical of yours,i.e.: You...I meant your comment is typical of yours,i.e.: You like your "babies", as you call them, to need you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-49174658599042698322008-01-14T23:24:00.000+01:002008-01-14T23:24:00.000+01:00I wonder what Marta´s means when she says "..and C...I wonder what Marta´s means when she says "..and Carmen´s too typical"? I am particularly "untypical"! Can you explain yourrself beter? Perhaps then, I can make it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-82137530686812728022008-01-13T00:27:00.000+01:002008-01-13T00:27:00.000+01:00Paloma a very interesting comment and Carmen´s too...Paloma a very interesting comment and Carmen´s too typical: she wants you to be self-sufficient but she likes the fact that you need her, and don´t we all. I´ll just tell you something read again but with these clues: the monk doesn´t actually die, though he is old and his live is drawing to an end, the tombs that he goes past are those of other people as the ones you see in churches of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-20974102049392110772008-01-11T20:07:00.000+01:002008-01-11T20:07:00.000+01:00I´m very happy to find that my "babies" need me!!!...I´m very happy to find that my "babies" need me!!!! The case is quite different, you do not need to understand everything, in fact this is quite difficult issue in life itself, isn´t it? Do you fully understand any text in Spanish? How about your husband, children or even yourself? It´s next to impossible to comprehend anything and everything, then why English? A poem should be read for feeling, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-79332541238506469042008-01-11T12:33:00.000+01:002008-01-11T12:33:00.000+01:00Ok Carmen, you have done it again. You have got me...Ok Carmen, you have done it again. You have got me to spend half of the morning translating the poem.<BR/> I don’t care whether I don’t understand everything when I’m reading, and usually I never use a dictionary, but in this case I needed to understand every single word. Why? for two reasons. The first one is that I’m reading a book set in the middle Ages, and this poem describes the ambience toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-67268499899120291482008-01-11T11:18:00.000+01:002008-01-11T11:18:00.000+01:00Bandit, do you now see why I wanted you on the vid...Bandit, do you now see why I wanted you on the video? you have made quite a hit with your post with the fifths and this even though they haven´t seen you!!!!<BR/>I do not think I´ll need to correct you much. Both comments are good.<BR/>Thanks beforehand for your future contributions....you are one of us now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-20350166627534912042008-01-11T00:38:00.000+01:002008-01-11T00:38:00.000+01:00Hi Bandit, you can´t imagine how useful your comme...Hi Bandit, you can´t imagine how useful your comments were, we were talking about you in the fifth year class today and you´d be surprised how many people have read your comment, thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935246113340450885.post-11585963190477379252008-01-10T21:38:00.000+01:002008-01-10T21:38:00.000+01:00You are right, Carmen, I have just posted my comme...You are right, Carmen, I have just posted my comments on the blog twice and the first time was, at least, a month ago. From now on, I promise to collaborate a little bit more on this interesting proyect. I think it´s an excellent tool in order to improve our English and over all it helps us to raise our frame of mind when we are disappointed in relation to English. Should you see mistakes on my Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com