tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700894621471344950.post22786349429589710..comments2024-01-11T22:43:16.003+00:00Comments on Pre Raphaelite Influenced Art: William Morris - The Haystack in the FloodsHermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700894621471344950.post-35685424293103764362011-05-17T12:53:04.078+01:002011-05-17T12:53:04.078+01:00A marvellous and evocative poem. One aspect I hav...A marvellous and evocative poem. One aspect I have not seen commented on. Godmar's speech would indicate that Jehane was suspected of witchcraft-hence the cries of the Paris mob.eclectnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700894621471344950.post-5731244399103358752010-02-26T18:04:37.987+00:002010-02-26T18:04:37.987+00:00Thanks Lucy. I thought it very sad and reminded me...Thanks Lucy. I thought it very sad and reminded me of a folk song in its imagery and sense of loss. Morris was a really complicated character.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700894621471344950.post-58108371415429463982010-02-26T17:20:52.462+00:002010-02-26T17:20:52.462+00:00The poem seems more powerful than the picture but ...The poem seems more powerful than the picture but I don't know enough about the poem to understand properly what's going on so I come away with the disconcerting atmosphere hanging over me but not with the story. I can't think of another poem where rain is used like this and that surprises me because the rain makes the whole episode much more realistic and believable than if such a gruesome-gothic story were being told without it.<br /><br />LucyLucy Corranderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743561298706555813noreply@blogger.com