tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post2608607557555787032..comments2024-03-29T11:38:51.363+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-68589926167524390702019-05-31T18:09:47.084+01:002019-05-31T18:09:47.084+01:00JennyS: Having done just that with Google, I can i...JennyS: Having done just that with Google, I can imagine two competing explanations. First, that the whole story was made up to give a background to the line. it has the feeling of a folk etymology. Second version, that the incident occurred almost as reported, but that FitzGerald had read the line in Trollope and _quoted_ it when he and Tennyson were discussing someone's marriage, to indicate that it really didn't matter who performed the wedding, as the character is a nonentity in the book. That would depend on Trollope's having published the story before the reported conversation happened. Given that so far nobody has dated the conversation version, my unsupported guess is that Trollope wrote it first, FitzGerald quoted it, and Tennyson noticed that it was in iambic pentameter. The date is the sticking point.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-21366600689812942292019-05-31T10:08:18.750+01:002019-05-31T10:08:18.750+01:00I love that picture of you - you should use it as ...I love that picture of you - you should use it as your header picture :)Roobeedoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395340950409421904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-39740761135519269932019-05-31T07:31:42.740+01:002019-05-31T07:31:42.740+01:00Fascinating story, Jean. I'd never heard of M...Fascinating story, Jean. I'd never heard of Mr Wilkinson before (shouldn't that be the Reverend Wilkinson?) When explaining Iambic Pentametre over many years I always used a sentence of my own: "I went to see a man about a dog." I felt that this showed why it was such a common metrical pattern as it occurs so often in English.shandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372329387935318023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-62455079712274180262019-05-31T04:11:45.905+01:002019-05-31T04:11:45.905+01:00Lovely picture of you knitting!Lovely picture of you knitting!FuguesStateKnitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14271842690827237203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-54898718755764273752019-05-30T19:47:43.500+01:002019-05-30T19:47:43.500+01:00You look very content sitting there kitting. I Lik...You look very content sitting there kitting. I Like the shawl. It's going to be pretty.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457724188421592415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-57470804044445152222019-05-30T19:44:26.469+01:002019-05-30T19:44:26.469+01:00Re Mr Wilkinson, put the line (in quotes) in to Go...Re Mr Wilkinson, put the line (in quotes) in to Google rather than Google books and look at Rhythym and Will etc by Matthew Campbell and also John Russell Vincent's "Crawford Papers". Between them they give a plausible explanation of Tennyson's and Fitzgerald's involvements. Much as I like the idea that Mr Wilknson pops up in the Rubiyat, you ar correct that he does not.<br />JennySAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com