tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post5886069336473532770..comments2023-11-24T03:48:54.813-05:00Comments on No More Hornets: Puzzling Atheists #7: Christian Zombie PoemThe Exterminatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-50229277899769579252012-02-04T13:10:54.796-05:002012-02-04T13:10:54.796-05:00Quite useful info, thanks for this article.Quite useful info, thanks for this article.www.vbarcelone.comhttp://www.vbarcelone.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-65170344530752493122012-01-11T05:02:43.624-05:002012-01-11T05:02:43.624-05:00So expecting some more ideas from your side. Thank...So expecting some more ideas from your side. 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You wrote "3," but I think even in the U.K., it's "5" that comes after "4." So I'm giving you credit.<BR/>7. Yeah. It's actually entitled "The Tyger," but I gave you're close enough. <BR/>8. Uh-uh.<BR/>9. Uh-huh.<BR/>12. Ummmm. Right author, wrong poem.<BR/>13. Correct source, but neither title, nor author provided. <BR/>19. <I>Qu'est-ce que c'est</I>? Interesting choice. Actually, the lyric of "Psycho Killer" has six "run"s before "run away" (two words). The verse listed has only four "run"s before "runaway" (one word). But this answer made me laugh, because even though I'm a huge Talking Heads fan, I hadn't even thought of that song as a possible incorrect answer. <BR/>21. Dorothy Parker, indeed. But what's the name of the poem? That one still hasn't been answered.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-38560590268574647242008-09-14T18:04:00.000-04:002008-09-14T18:04:00.000-04:00Shit, I've just seen you've put the names of the ...Shit, I've just seen you've put the names of the people who got the answers. <BR/>I still haven't looked at what the right answers are.<BR/>Nor can I add to them, don't know 11 and don't know the title of 20.<BR/>Shamed. <BR/>But it was fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-48665642075046060532008-09-14T17:59:00.000-04:002008-09-14T17:59:00.000-04:00Can't be bothered reading what people have already...Can't be bothered reading what people have already got, so I am extending the no-googling principle to not reading the comments either. I think I know a few.<BR/><BR/>1 Marvell To his coy mistress<BR/>2 The Ancient Mariner (wild guess) <BR/>4 Tennyson Lady of Shallott (?) (the rhythm sounds like it)<BR/>3 Chaucer: Canterbury Takes (()(from the language, don't recognise the line)<BR/>7 Blake: Tyger. tyger<BR/>8 Coleridge: Kublai Khan (?)<BR/>9 Lear: The owl and the pussycat<BR/>12 Carroll, The walrus and the carpenter<BR/>13 Oliver the musical<BR/>19 Talking Heads Psycho killer<BR/>21 - Dorothy Parker<BR/>No idea about the others but some sound familiarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-85337165693974661482008-09-13T14:41:00.000-04:002008-09-13T14:41:00.000-04:00Ridger:I have no objection to your posting as many...<B>Ridger</B>:<BR/>I have no objection to your posting as many poems as you'd like. (And even if I did, who the fuck am I?) However, I visit blogs to read the authors' own thoughts, rather than the ideas of others. (There are some great poetry anthologies available for anyone interested.) <BR/><BR/>Also, please be careful about copyright infringement.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-34787624028879392452008-09-13T12:36:00.000-04:002008-09-13T12:36:00.000-04:00Gosh, I never meant to offend you by posting poems...Gosh, I never meant to offend you by posting poems I enjoy and want to share. I intend to keep on doing it, so accept my assurances that I realize you read. OK?The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-532023063437741132008-09-11T03:17:00.000-04:002008-09-11T03:17:00.000-04:00yunshui:Chauceresque? Can you define that? Whether...<B>yunshui</B>:<BR/>Chauceresque? Can you define that? Whether you can or not, you're correct. The line is from the prologue, describing <I>smale fowles</I> that <I>maken meolodye</I>.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-45125251089874002892008-09-11T02:58:00.000-04:002008-09-11T02:58:00.000-04:005 looks Chauceresque to me. Canterbury Tales, perh...5 looks Chauceresque to me. <I>Canterbury Tales</I>, perhance?yunshuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304997933466961058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-22214938047461482602008-09-10T21:15:00.000-04:002008-09-10T21:15:00.000-04:00Lynet:You may think Robert Burns is a decent bet f...<B>Lynet</B>:<BR/>You may think Robert Burns is a decent bet for line 5, but you'd lose your wager. On the other hand, I'm going to declare you a winner for number 10. But you've gotta promise me that you'll <I>never</I> again say "to" instead of "on".The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-76309675997726933082008-09-10T19:30:00.000-04:002008-09-10T19:30:00.000-04:00To be fair, my e. e. cummings recollection skills ...To be fair, my e. e. cummings recollection skills for that particular poem are entirely due to the fact that I have <I>sung</I> it. So the two most likely possibilities are that I myself didn't have to sing that line or that the arrangement left it out.<BR/><BR/>It's pure guesswork, but Robert Burns has got to be a decent bet for 5.<BR/><BR/>I have a strange feeling I've read 10. Is it Keats' 'Ode to a Grecian Urn'?Lynethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357023675142716573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-64508642462647441122008-09-10T15:23:00.000-04:002008-09-10T15:23:00.000-04:00Gareth:You're correct about line 4, although "The...<B>Gareth</B>:<BR/>You're correct about line 4, although "The Daffodils" is a secondary title. Usually the poem is called by its first line, which is the title Wordsworth gave it: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud." Most of your brain (except for one small Augustus bit) is also correct about Ernest (Lawrence) Thayer, whose name can be found right out in the open in my previous post. Duh. <BR/><BR/>You're wrong on 10. You identified the correct years for line 11, but a 5% chance was evidently not enough for you to think of the actual poet. The odds-makers know what they're doing!<BR/><BR/>I misstated the info about number 19. It was originally Eric Haas -- and it's <I>still</I> Eric Haas (see below). So you may come home; all is forgiven. <BR/><BR/><B>Eric</B>:<BR/>Yup, Del Shannon. Hats off to Eric.<BR/><BR/><B>Philly</B>:<BR/>Isn't Bon Jovi some kind of household cleanser?The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-91673109342305206232008-09-10T14:59:00.000-04:002008-09-10T14:59:00.000-04:00Well certainly not Bon JoviWell certainly not Bon JoviPhillyChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03355892225956705948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-26646156839131702322008-09-10T14:51:00.000-04:002008-09-10T14:51:00.000-04:00Were you thinking of Runaway by Del Shannon for #1...Were you thinking of Runaway by Del Shannon for #19?Eric Haashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04468387756778920730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-2578146726145239622008-09-10T14:02:00.000-04:002008-09-10T14:02:00.000-04:00OK. So, 4 is Wordsworth's "Daffodils". The author ...OK. So, 4 is Wordsworth's "Daffodils". The author of "Casey at the Bat" (which, like almost everyone not educated in the US, I haven't read) was, IIRC, called Thayer; I think his first initial was E but I'm not very sure. Ernest? (A bit of my brain is saying "Augustus", but I don't think I should trust it.)<BR/><BR/>I wonder whether 10 might be Milton -- Paradise Lost would be the obvious more specific guess.<BR/><BR/>11 could be almost anything by almost anyone between about 1600 and 1900. George Herbert? (Maybe 5% chance.)<BR/><BR/>It wasn't I who identified any work as number 19, and I can't identify it now either :-).<BR/><BR/>And I still can't remember the title of Dorothy Parker's poem about suicide, dammit.Gareth McCaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05377158305586280009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-34344544756331414282008-09-10T13:18:00.000-04:002008-09-10T13:18:00.000-04:00Everyone:The lines that have not yet been identifi...<B>Everyone</B>:<BR/>The lines that have not yet been identified are:<BR/>3. (author), 4., 5., 10. (Note: the comma after "warm" is included in some editions but not in all), 11., 19. (either the author of the work that Gareth identified, or the title <I>and</I> author of the work that I was thinking of), 21. (title).The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-36253274295262879482008-09-10T13:09:00.000-04:002008-09-10T13:09:00.000-04:00yunshui:You're right about the author of number 2,...<B>yunshui</B>:<BR/>You're right about the author of number 2, but Lynet beat you to the title. You <I>do</I> win a prize, however, for being both effete and elite. Is elite, the online version of "lite"?<BR/><BR/><B>Lynet</B>:<BR/>You missed a verse, but you did get the name of the poem. For your Googling enjoyment, rather than quote it, I'll tell you that it's the penultimate one. In the meantime, you can feel free to sing your didn't and dance your did. <BR/><BR/><B>(((Billy)))</B>:<BR/>You're free to go back to the Jesus Cracker Quiz whenever you want. However, I should warn you: As far as I know, the Keebler Elves never wrote any decent poetry.The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-32575318893186691042008-09-10T12:49:00.000-04:002008-09-10T12:49:00.000-04:00Ya'll amaze me. The only poems I remember are Dr....Ya'll amaze me. The only poems I remember are Dr. Suess <I>Big C, Little c, What begins with C? Camel on the Ceiling, LSD</I> and, becaues I was in high school at the time of Cats, some of those most interesting poems. <BR/><BR/>Fourteen is the only one I recognized (well, that and 19 (which I swear is from <I>Dick and Jane</I>). But by the time I had found it to confirm, it was way too late.<BR/><BR/>Can we go back to the Jesus Cracker Quiz? That one was tasty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-59950401379887624112008-09-10T11:02:00.000-04:002008-09-10T11:02:00.000-04:00I bow to Lynet's superior cummings recollection sk...I bow to Lynet's superior cummings recollection skills - that does sound more familiar.yunshuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304997933466961058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-15980232885373481812008-09-10T08:20:00.000-04:002008-09-10T08:20:00.000-04:00Yunshui, you're thinking of 'anyone lived in a pre...Yunshui, you're thinking of 'anyone lived in a pretty how town'. And if you're right, then I'm thumping the table in annoyance because I thought of that as a possibility but I was going over the words in my head and couldn't find that exact phrase. Maybe I missed a verse.Lynethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357023675142716573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-43754604930474804222008-09-10T05:09:00.000-04:002008-09-10T05:09:00.000-04:00But then I am both effete and ellite...By the way,...But then I am both effete and ellite...<BR/><BR/>By the way, as Gareth said 2's author is obviously e.e. cummings, but the title eluded me until last night. I remember it as something like "someone lived in a pretty town"... Do I win a prize?yunshuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304997933466961058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-9624908164471587842008-09-09T05:00:00.000-04:002008-09-09T05:00:00.000-04:00yunshui:"The Road Not Taken" is correct. The Road ...<B>yunshui</B>:<BR/>"The Road Not Taken" is correct. <I>The Road Less Traveled</I> (Note: only one L, because we no-nonsense Americans consider double consonants to be both effete and elite) is a psycho-religio-spiritual "self-help" book by M. Scott Peck. I ecrtainly hope you haven't wasted your time reading that piece of drivvell.<BR/><BR/>You're right about line 18. The title I was looking for was <I>A Midsummer Night's Dream</I>. By the way, did you mean to write "Puck," or is that another misspelling?The Exterminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452054124550486048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36453833.post-22040976452539595272008-09-09T04:23:00.000-04:002008-09-09T04:23:00.000-04:00*sigh* I should also check my spelling.Incidentall...*sigh* I should also check my spelling.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I think number 18 is from Midsummer Night's Dream - I remember playing the part of Puck in school. But it's not really a poem, as such, just part of a rhymed series of couplets, so there's no title to speak of - unless you treat the whole play as a poem...yunshuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304997933466961058noreply@blogger.com