tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767465795976795618.post7097600981296315056..comments2008-07-11T22:40:19.271-07:00Comments on Hello: Dorothy WordsworthMike Howellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02200227601796755309noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767465795976795618.post-47686029456895865692008-07-11T21:13:00.000-07:002008-07-11T21:13:00.000-07:00Mike,I enjoyed reading Dorothy Wordsworth, too. H...Mike,<BR/>I enjoyed reading Dorothy Wordsworth, too. Her appreciation for nature is so evident in all of her writings. I wrote in one of my blogs that takes personification of nature to another level. I almost feel as if I am there when she describes nature. Nice post.Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06891117164689639181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767465795976795618.post-58015140134357533432008-07-10T16:13:00.000-07:002008-07-10T16:13:00.000-07:00I really enjoyed you entry about Dorothy Wordswort...I really enjoyed you entry about Dorothy Wordsworth. Her journals were loaded with beautiful and exquisite imagery. It takes great skill and patients to write about nature. I for one could not accomplish it, and I don’t particular like to read stories, or in this case journals that describe a scenery for pages on end. Wordsworth was different for me, it was the type of writing that takes you out of your element and appreciate the world around you. I agree with Karen in that the most beautiful aspects of nature are often destroyed by the human touch.LindsayAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891102098861637286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767465795976795618.post-53001206627920282442008-07-02T21:55:00.000-07:002008-07-02T21:55:00.000-07:00I enjoyed reading Dorothy's works and I thought yo...I enjoyed reading Dorothy's works and I thought you did a very nice job of commenting on her work. I enjoyed her imagery and I thought it was a significant part of her works. It is clear through her work that she enjoys nature and spends a significant amount of time observing nature. I thought you did a great job explaining her appreciation for nature in your post.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097901602101715227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767465795976795618.post-31125317050914972212008-06-10T13:59:00.000-07:002008-06-10T13:59:00.000-07:00I reaaly enjoyed reading Dorothy's work as well. ...I reaaly enjoyed reading Dorothy's work as well. Dorothy's keen attention to details and love for nature brings life to her journal entries, which makes her journal entries my favorite. As you have stated in your blog when she describes the things around her such as the color of flowers, the leaves on trees, snow on the ground, it gives you a vivid view of what she was explaining. This suggest that as individuals we need to stop and smell the roses and give thanks to God for the bounties that He has provided. One such example is nature itself.TonyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01575102733949487937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767465795976795618.post-55629096121423609532008-06-03T14:07:00.000-07:002008-06-03T14:07:00.000-07:00Mike,It was very thoughtful of you to provide a po...Mike,<BR/><BR/>It was very thoughtful of you to provide a portrait of Dorothy Wordsworth for this post--the illustration adds a lot to make your blog visually appealing.<BR/><BR/>Good focus on a single poem by this poet, and some good observations about it. I must differ a bit with your enthusiastic opinion of the poem, though. When I read a line like "The days are cold, the nights are long" I don't see much particularity, but instead almost a cliche or a statement of the obvious. I guess I prefer Dorothy Wordsworth's journals, which I do think describe her world with "video particularity" (as you say).Jonathan.Glancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15065114890111628085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5767465795976795618.post-80474706884805555302008-05-29T18:42:00.000-07:002008-05-29T18:42:00.000-07:00I agree that Dorothy Wordsworth did a fantastic jo...I agree that Dorothy Wordsworth did a fantastic job including a great deal of imagery in her journal entries. She obviously had a deep appreciation for nature; in fact, I think she probably had the kind of appreciation for nature that would be close to impossible to find today. People do not often take the time to look around and really enjoy the beauty of nature--all we seem to do today is rush around doing self-serving things. As I read her work, I wondered what Wordsworth's appreciation for nature said about her as a personality. I also questioned what she would say about the ways humans have destroyed some of the most beautiful aspects of nature in our world today...Karen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03585487902434869842noreply@blogger.com