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jskska's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
danholmes's review against another edition
5.0
"... aquel hombre había matado lo que amaba
y por eso tuvo que morir.
Y todos los hombres matan lo que aman,
que lo oiga todo el mundo,
unos lo hacen con una mirada amarga,
otros con una palabra zalamera;
el cobarde lo hace con un beso,
¡el valiente con una espada!"
le daría mil estrellas, porque hay cosas muy lindas, tristes e impactantes aquí, pero creo que no estoy acostumbrada a que me guste al 100% la poesía. Así que es un 4.5 para mí.
Oscar Wilde es mi escritor favorito de la vida y leer esto me hace ser + fan.
jakeyjake's review against another edition
We did not dare to breathe a prayer,
Or to give our anguish scope:
Something was dead in each of us,
And what was dead was Hope.
I never saw sad men who looked
With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
We prisoners called the sky.
This is Oscar Wilde writing about an execution in Reading Gaol he witnessed while jailed there and sentenced to hard labor for 'gross indecency.'
Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard.
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word.
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!
A passage is on Wilde's tomb:
And alien tears will fill for him,
Pity's long-broken urn,
For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn.
Or to give our anguish scope:
Something was dead in each of us,
And what was dead was Hope.
I never saw sad men who looked
With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
We prisoners called the sky.
This is Oscar Wilde writing about an execution in Reading Gaol he witnessed while jailed there and sentenced to hard labor for 'gross indecency.'
Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard.
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word.
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!
A passage is on Wilde's tomb:
And alien tears will fill for him,
Pity's long-broken urn,
For his mourners will be outcast men,
And outcasts always mourn.
talmahdi's review against another edition
5.0
“The man had killed the thing he loved,
And so he had to die.”
A masterpiece! ❤️
And so he had to die.”
A masterpiece! ❤️
aisling_alex's review against another edition
This was my favourite poem growing up. I used to chant it everywhere I went. Reading it again made me realise how much more harrowing it is then I used to believe.
underthesea's review against another edition
5.0
Larry Durrell recita la cárcel de Reading a Leslie camino de que le juzguen por agresión, todo lo cual después de sobornar al juez con sellos de coleccionista. El nombre de la cárcel me parece muy chachi, por cierto.
El efecto cómico... Se debe a que Wilde está muy serio. Todavía está presa de la impresión que le causó el hombre aquél que mató a su mujer, y que explica la relativa falta de simpatía que me da el verso "Yet each man kills the thing he loves".
"And was wondering if the man had done
A great or little thing,
When a voice behind me whispered low,
"That fellows got to swing."
Es poesía muy resultona. That fellow's got to swing, boom! En solo dos estrofas hay más léxico de lo insoportable que en medio diccionario. Ejemplo al azar: vilest deeds, poison weeds, wastes, withers, Anguish, Despair, starve, frightened, weeps, scourge, flog, fool, y "And some grow mad, and all grow bad, And none a word may say."
El efecto cómico... Se debe a que Wilde está muy serio. Todavía está presa de la impresión que le causó el hombre aquél que mató a su mujer, y que explica la relativa falta de simpatía que me da el verso "Yet each man kills the thing he loves".
"And was wondering if the man had done
A great or little thing,
When a voice behind me whispered low,
"That fellows got to swing."
Es poesía muy resultona. That fellow's got to swing, boom! En solo dos estrofas hay más léxico de lo insoportable que en medio diccionario. Ejemplo al azar: vilest deeds, poison weeds, wastes, withers, Anguish, Despair, starve, frightened, weeps, scourge, flog, fool, y "And some grow mad, and all grow bad, And none a word may say."
readsnjava's review against another edition
4.0
I initially set out to read only The Ballad of Reading Gaol poem (a 5-star poem IMHO) but ended up reading the entire collection.