tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post4426317829410666371..comments2024-02-26T11:04:22.115+13:00Comments on Reid's Reader – A Blog of Book Reviews and Comment.: Something ThoughtfulNicholas Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497366104216216952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post-1206161049280919132012-10-31T16:12:14.350+13:002012-10-31T16:12:14.350+13:00I remember Roman Wall Blues vividly from a 4th or ... I remember Roman Wall Blues vividly from a 4th or 5th form class back in the 60's - we read it on a rainy day, and for that class period I could feel the bored but dutiful soldier and myself coalesce. Auden really gets the sense of his subject daydreaming in the drizzle. <br />Clever guy - he establishes the mood in so few lines.Hugh Majornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post-50351936189926251942012-10-31T16:10:51.916+13:002012-10-31T16:10:51.916+13:00I remember Roman Wall Blues vividly from a 4th or ... I remember Roman Wall Blues vividly from a 4th or 5th form class back in the 60's - we read it on a rainy day, and for that class period I could feel the bored but dutiful soldier and myself coalesce. Auden really gets the sense of his subject daydreaming in the drizzle. <br />Clever guy - he establishes the mood in so few lines.Hugh Majornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post-56973849103838057682012-10-30T09:27:00.517+13:002012-10-30T09:27:00.517+13:00Roman Wall Blues is very good. It would be wonderf...Roman Wall Blues is very good. It would be wonderful put to music. It has a kind of Winnie the Pooh for adults style to it. Or is that just the metre?JB Pigginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00282440808752045816noreply@blogger.com