"A Game Of Fives" A Poem By Lewis Carroll

[TheTimeTraveler100]

Carroll is a genius. Part mathematician part writer. cool

[Amiduffer]

@TheTimeTraveler100 Never heard about the mathematician part.

[dollydot123]

He was also a very clever satirist. In "looking-Glass" he parodied William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli as the lion and the unicon respectively. The lion and the unicorn on the Queen's Coat of Arms, that is.

[Amiduffer]

In a way, he was a sort of cultural pathologist. I haven't read Looking-glass in a long time, so I don't recall the lion and unicorn scene.

[dollydot123]

I am IN LOVE with Lewis Carroll. I don't care what anyone says. He was so intelligent, gentlemanly and very beautiful in appearance. How attractive can you get? They don't make gentlemen like him, any more, do they?

[Amiduffer]

I suppose if you looked around, you could find a gentleman who likes real poetry. They are pretty rare at your age though.

[brychar66]

Hehe...that's very good. Carroll's verse is really very good and very funny. My Favourite is The Three Voices with illustrations by A.B.Frost - hilarious! And The Snark..and..and....all of em! Good reading too!

[Amiduffer]

Hmmm. I guess I've got to check those out then. Thanks for stopping by.

[Tahllulah]

Happy vid this ;O)

[Amiduffer]

Carrol was a wit. 8)

[BeatBuddy]

Your pronunciation of the word "adieu" clearly tells us that you are no Frenchman.

[Amiduffer]

Yep, I'm French in name only. I grew up in central Maine with nobody French to speak to even though the family on fathers side are all Quebecois.

[BeatBuddy]

Central, as in Sabego?

[Amiduffer]

No, Madison, Sebego is in southern Maine.

[kopkitty]

Oh, i cant believe how much this poem describes the actual situation - it does not really matter when it was written, it is still tru to this day! Thank you for sharing this Drew, very interesting and wonderfully read by you :)

[Amiduffer]

Do you know of any Brazilian poets we should be exposed to?

Thanks for the complement. It was funny when I first laid eyes on it. More good stuff coming up!

[kopkitty]

Oh, Drew, there are somany poets i would like to tell you about! Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Cecilia Meireles, Monica Montoro... it is a pity that many times the poetry gets lost in translation :)

[Amiduffer]

Well, why don't you read some? 8) Enlighten us. Include it in part of your regular vlogs. I don't think anyone would be overly critical of you if you're not the best poet in Brazil.

[BeatBuddy]

Isn't Graciliano Ramos a poet?

The Brazilians I have read are in the realm of prose fiction: Jorge Amado, Darcy Penteado (also a controversial artist), Adolfo Caminha, and Machado de Assis.

[kopkitty]

These made some poetry but are mostly a story tellers...how do you say that...novelists? :) Graciliano Ramos wrote Grande Sertão: Veredas and it is a strong classic here. Machado de Assis is one of my favorites by far! :) thanks for your comment, i am happy to know you know so much about my culture! :D

[BeatBuddy]

Machado de Assis is one of the best realists I have even read. Remarkably unpredictable. He is not well known in the United States, but he is available in English, thanks to the Oxford University Press in Great Britain.

I have friends in Curitibo and I know some people in Bahia. Muita obrigado