Word: poeme
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...literature, in which nature was more regarded. Especially in the poetry of Keats we have as good a painting of nature as there is. It was when the new poetical style of Cowley and Burns had done its work through Keats that Tennyson came into prominence. Among his early poems two are especially prominent, the Recollections of Arabian Knights and Marianna. In 1833 Tennyson published his second volume with The Lady of Shalott as its first poem. These two volumes mark the lyrical period of his life. After 1833 came the idyllic period. He was an ideal descriptive writer...
...remaining numbers by the orchestra were the Symphonic Poem "Le Rouet D'Omphale," Saint-Saens and Schumann's 4th Symphony in D minor. The first of these represents very graphically the action of a spinning wheel, commencing with the slow whirr and gradually accelerated motion and then ending with a faint high note. The Symphony, written about fifty years ago, is a passionate work, full of poetry and nature. Mr. Nikisch's conception of this and all the rest of the numbers was masterly and the whole concert well served to carry the series off to the past, gone...
Overture, "Flying Dutchman," Wagner; Concerto for pianoforte in E minor, Chopin; Symphonic Poem, "Le Rouet d'Omphale," Saint-Saens; Soli for Pianoforte; Symphony in D minor, No. 4, Schumann...
...Antiquary. A Fragment," by George Griswold, 2d, is the longest poem in the number, and is decidedly telling. The blank verse is musical, and the succession of metaphors is very well sustained, - a difficult feat...
There is but one poem in the number, a sonnet entitled "The Athlete." It is marked by a certain rythmical smoothness, but in one or two places is a trifle obscure...