tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post2782852245511474816..comments2024-03-08T13:38:56.717+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: The Fifty Most Quoted Lines of PoetryM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-29211405714761168412021-12-07T03:24:30.053+00:002021-12-07T03:24:30.053+00:00I like this list. I like this list. Nalini Dhimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04142368319887864147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-27495392204849637272020-07-10T00:29:15.600+01:002020-07-10T00:29:15.600+01:00The quote at number 43 is from the Rubaiyat of Oma...The quote at number 43 is from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Edward Fitzgerald translated it from the original Persian. Giving credit to the translator (Fitzgerald) and not the original poet (Omar Khayyam) gives your readers the impression that it wasn't the ability of the poet to compose a masterpiece but the ability of a translator to translate that matters ...only because he knew English Rodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00596515640193855371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-81728178139459979692018-07-31T06:42:53.810+01:002018-07-31T06:42:53.810+01:00Hello everyone i Am williams pater and i am from U...Hello everyone i Am williams pater and i am from USA i am here to give my testimony about an herbal doctor called Dr,olu I was heartbroken because i had very small penis,not nice to satisfy a woman, i have been in so many relationship, but cut off because of my situation, i have used so many product which doctors prescribe for me, but could not offer me the help i searched for. i saw some few comments on the internet about this specialist called Dr,OLU and decided to email him on his email i saw on the internet,(drolusolutionhome@gmail.com ) so I decided to give his herbal product a try. i emailed him and he got back to me, he gave me some comforting words with his herbal product for Penis Enlargement, Within three weeks of me use it, i began to feel the enlargement, " and now it just 4 weeks of using his products my penis is about 8 inches longer, and i had to settle thing out with my ex girlfriend , i was surprised when she said that she is satisfied with my performance in bed and i now have a large penis.thanks to DR OLU for is herbal product. you can also reach him with emsil drolusolutionhome@gmail.com though is..number WHATASPP him today on this number [ +2348140654426 ] Williams Paterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875064705463003263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-8995357064909659062018-06-08T01:38:07.221+01:002018-06-08T01:38:07.221+01:00The mother-to-be can include a personal Poems fitt...The mother-to-be can include a personal <a href="https://medium.com/@sarahbaylor/8-proven-poetry-websites-to-read-and-share-your-poems-aa496e420d2d" rel="nofollow">Poems</a> fitting in the unique gift she received from each guest in her shower thank you cardsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18275669300996785500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-40391661372557262282018-04-27T22:07:14.227+01:002018-04-27T22:07:14.227+01:00He carried the caduceus, "the winged rod with...He carried the caduceus, "the winged rod with two serpents intertwined, which has become a symbol of the medical profession" (Poplawski, 75).<a href="https://medium.com/@sarahbaylor/8-proven-poetry-websites-to-read-and-share-your-poems-aa496e420d2d" rel="nofollow">Poetry</a><br />Mueeid Soomrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15577809287812278966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-82442551061703401202012-12-17T14:48:51.676+00:002012-12-17T14:48:51.676+00:00where is
"Water, water, every where, / And a...where is <br />"Water, water, every where, / And all the boards did shrink; / Water, water, every where / Nor any drop to drink."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-27710363267010457202012-08-26T06:16:01.167+01:002012-08-26T06:16:01.167+01:00One I like:
How many loved your moments of glad gr...One I like:<br />How many loved your moments of glad grace,<br />And loved your beauty with love false or true;<br />But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,<br />And loved the sorrows of your changing face. By Yeats 'When you are old'<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-5624091140968635762012-08-14T15:48:07.417+01:002012-08-14T15:48:07.417+01:00No: 13, "My mistress' eyes" I think ...No: 13, "My mistress' eyes" I think might have recieved a boost due to Catherine Tate using it on a comedy gala show...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-86897847283913918232012-05-13T07:02:16.596+01:002012-05-13T07:02:16.596+01:00Ah hah! Thank you, Wikipedia. "On First Look...Ah hah! Thank you, Wikipedia. "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer" by John Keats...and it's apparently the Pacific Ocean.Mary Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-60807148987742670992012-05-13T07:00:24.413+01:002012-05-13T07:00:24.413+01:00Disputations! Protestations! Avaunt, alack, alas! ...Disputations! Protestations! Avaunt, alack, alas! I blather. Do you know, one of my personal favourites is oft-quoted by the reverable (not a word?) P.G. Wodehouse in his brilliant comic novels: something something in or with "wild surmise/silent upon a peak in Darien" referring to Cortez when first he spied the Pacific or Atlantic or something. And I can't even be bothered to Google it...Mary Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-22235327059241165562012-04-04T12:21:54.605+01:002012-04-04T12:21:54.605+01:00"There are greater things in heaven and earth..."There are greater things in heaven and earth" - 62,500,000. bam!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-77010542070961401952012-02-23T03:23:37.960+00:002012-02-23T03:23:37.960+00:00To see a world in a grain of sand--Blake
1,920,000...To see a world in a grain of sand--Blake<br />1,920,000 hits. I'd say that makes the list, almost top 10.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-75449387764721746172012-02-19T23:16:36.954+00:002012-02-19T23:16:36.954+00:00The research system is unreliable as, if you enter...The research system is unreliable as, if you enter one line, say: "I think that I shall never see" you get 367,000,000 hits, whereas, just by adding "A poem lovely as a tree" by Alfred Joyce Kilmer, you get 16,200,000, but if you replace poem with "billboard", Ogden Nash, you'll still get 1,360,000. I haven't gone too far into the precise nature of the quotations but with the case of the first example only the first ten pages pertain to the Joyce Kilmer poem. It's an interesting exercise and, as the posts here show, very thought provoking!Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06136660282492195482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-1375413607107001132012-02-05T23:30:18.675+00:002012-02-05T23:30:18.675+00:00Wot!!! No Jabberwocky?
"Twas brillig and the...Wot!!! No Jabberwocky? <br />"Twas brillig and the slithy toves"<br />About 583,000 results (0.23 seconds)<br /><br />No Edward Lear?<br />"the owl and the pussycat"<br />About 1,900,000 results (0.22 seconds) <br /><br />Did you have a childhood?<br /><br />I also suspect your results are being tainted by "local" Google results (UK/USA) as I (in the UK) have put a few lines into Google and I am getting +75% approx. greater hits than your results.<br /><br />I'm sorry but I really feel that you need a better qualification system.<br /><br />AVFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-18368737789681716202012-01-26T14:16:09.975+00:002012-01-26T14:16:09.975+00:00Isn't it great that all the real poets wrote i...Isn't it great that all the real poets wrote in English!<br /><br />si cada día sube<br />una flor a tus labios a buscarme,<br />ay amor mío, ay mía,<br />en mí todo ese fuego se repite...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-20484258467673810292012-01-26T00:00:58.064+00:002012-01-26T00:00:58.064+00:00I struggle with your parameters, because
1) It ha...I struggle with your parameters, because<br /><br />1) It has to be a poem you are aware of so that they can all be entered individually.<br /><br />2) To rule out the possibility of it becoming famous through another medium, you have to be aware of all instances of its being used in another medium. Forgive me for finding you fallible, but #27 is the name of a popular and oft-gifted book. From its Amazon reviews:<br /><br /> "Millions of women have taken its message to heart: it's OK to grow older; in fact it's terrific! "You're not getting older, just a little more purple." (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-87669311968407103092012-01-25T16:40:04.678+00:002012-01-25T16:40:04.678+00:00Seriously?
2) hadn't become famous as a title...Seriously? <br />2) hadn't become famous as a title (e.g. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind)<br />3) or as a song (e.g. And did those feet in ancient time)<br /><br />Beach Boys - Child is the father of the man<br />http://youtu.be/dEcP_NH1K8ISimonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-10274448845167377092012-01-25T05:27:38.701+00:002012-01-25T05:27:38.701+00:00I know! anyone lived in a pretty how townI know! anyone lived in a pretty how townMelanie Link Taylor, M.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10023815648439302019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-69136897012834919822012-01-23T19:31:57.549+00:002012-01-23T19:31:57.549+00:0013,400,000 for "Roses are red, violets are bl...13,400,000 for "Roses are red, violets are blue" in quotes, putting it tidily in third place.Rose Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11930708178777784645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-47518541488499919332012-01-22T15:40:50.158+00:002012-01-22T15:40:50.158+00:00Hmmm, too bad we can't analyze what poems are ...Hmmm, too bad we can't analyze what poems are quoted in common speech. How about on sitcoms?deserteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303995076208988212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-77233374325897206282012-01-22T15:39:10.374+00:002012-01-22T15:39:10.374+00:00Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 2.5 million & I ...Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. 2.5 million & I bet it's actually quoted in speech more than any of the googled lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-21108799452652400762012-01-22T15:38:37.335+00:002012-01-22T15:38:37.335+00:00Hmmm, too bad we can't analyze what poems are ...Hmmm, too bad we can't analyze what poems are quoted in common speech. How about on sitcoms?deserteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03303995076208988212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-66853762904098994092012-01-20T13:49:47.029+00:002012-01-20T13:49:47.029+00:00Noting Jules' comment, a moderately independen...Noting Jules' comment, a moderately independent methodology would be to use Google Ngram. At least there one knows that only the exact phrase will turn up. Also one can note historical changes. Unfortunately, the complete line requirement is not directly implementable because the dataset only contains up to "5-grams". A second distinction is that the corpus contains only published books, a rather different sample, of popularity with the sort of people who write books, instead of the broad popularity that is measured by your search (as it is in principle, rather than as it is in actuality, as noted by Jules).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-12603061765715648912012-01-20T09:06:16.232+00:002012-01-20T09:06:16.232+00:00I think your methodology is fundamentally flawed, ...I think your methodology is fundamentally flawed, I'm afraid. As long as there are more than 1000 actual results, Google's estimated number of hits is based only on the words contained in the phrase you are searching for and is known to be very unreliable for multi-word queries: http://jis.sagepub.com/content/35/4/469.abstract http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonathan.deboynepollard/FGA/google-result-counts-are-a-meaningless-metric.htmlJulesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-20469290603313734122012-01-20T00:26:43.864+00:002012-01-20T00:26:43.864+00:00I mean, higher up...I mean, higher up...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com