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kleenexwomanRoomies have commenced upon an all-night Nickelodeon marathon in the dorm, so I must study phrenology and hysteria in the dorm lounge, where nobody ever goes. God, these books are great. I've found three, one of which is just a collection of Victorian medical papers about mental illnesses--there's even a little chart. I now have a new excuse to prod my head. "I'm learning about my character flaws!"
Victoriana Class is now my favorite class. We're doing poetry; right now it's Robert Browning, with "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti to break it up a little. Prof. Alton has encouraged me to find textual evidence in "Porphyria's Lover" that "the moment she was mine, mine, fair/Perfectly pure and good" indicates that he strangled her at the moment of orgasm, and that the Duke in "My Last Duchess" had his lady killed because he thought she was having an affair with a man of lower rank, not just because he was a snob and she wasn't. I also appear to be the first person to ever compare "Goblin Market" to "Labyrinth." (We must not look at goblin men. Especially not at their bulging, Spandex-covered fruits.)
Ah, what was the point of this extra little entry? Yes, I remember! Valentine's Day challenge for me!![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
evillunch has embarked upon one, and I feel I ought to do something special too.
Here's mine: I will write a little poem, a couplet, quatrain, limerick, or haiku, about your choice of kink, fetish, or pairing, for the first fourteen people that comment here. Or whoever after that, really. I will attempt to do it by Valentine's Day, and post the results then.
Victoriana Class is now my favorite class. We're doing poetry; right now it's Robert Browning, with "Goblin Market" by Christina Rossetti to break it up a little. Prof. Alton has encouraged me to find textual evidence in "Porphyria's Lover" that "the moment she was mine, mine, fair/Perfectly pure and good" indicates that he strangled her at the moment of orgasm, and that the Duke in "My Last Duchess" had his lady killed because he thought she was having an affair with a man of lower rank, not just because he was a snob and she wasn't. I also appear to be the first person to ever compare "Goblin Market" to "Labyrinth." (We must not look at goblin men. Especially not at their bulging, Spandex-covered fruits.)
Ah, what was the point of this extra little entry? Yes, I remember! Valentine's Day challenge for me!
evillunch has embarked upon one, and I feel I ought to do something special too. Here's mine: I will write a little poem, a couplet, quatrain, limerick, or haiku, about your choice of kink, fetish, or pairing, for the first fourteen people that comment here. Or whoever after that, really. I will attempt to do it by Valentine's Day, and post the results then.