tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post4519181241323588982..comments2021-03-27T18:19:58.067-06:00Comments on Aunt BeaN's Third Blog: GS: then and now, part 2BarbNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-52777018864510807812011-01-10T23:25:48.979-07:002011-01-10T23:25:48.979-07:00I would have brought up that exact same point abou...I would have brought up that exact same point about being <i>above</i> the river.<br />JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-4517184310659028752011-01-10T11:16:22.799-07:002011-01-10T11:16:22.799-07:00and just p.s. the title of the poem is actually &...and just p.s. the title of the poem is actually "Lines, Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey." If you're on a river, and the River Wye is mentioned several times in the poem, "above" means "upriver." So he might have been a few miles "upriver" from Tintern Abbey, in which case he wouldn't have been able to see the town at all. But when I BarbNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-87847821591921651642011-01-10T11:08:40.277-07:002011-01-10T11:08:40.277-07:00thanks, Julie. I appreciate that, because when I ...thanks, Julie. I appreciate that, because when I post stuff like this I worry that I'm boring people to death. A surprising (to me) number of people seem to read this stuff-- I get about 25 hits every time I post, even though not many comment (which is fine, I'm just grateful to have readers). But I never know what people are interested in since they rarely say anything. (hint, hint)BarbNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36804534.post-46615829701058714172011-01-08T00:58:39.225-07:002011-01-08T00:58:39.225-07:00Not going to post a reply on every single one of t...Not going to post a reply on every single one of the last few, but I am reading them all. Sometimes twice. The way you put this very deep and thoughtful process down here on to paper (okay, not really paper, but you know what I mean) is brilliant. I love these, keep going. And keep telling me the story of that <b>Book</b>. Good job!<br />(I don't want to live in that negative place Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com