Wow! Stumbled upon this by chance when reading my own copy of Idylls Of The King and I think your way of expressing the emotion and beautiful language of that work by Lord Tennyson captures it so well! I also think extremely highly of it and would recommend it to anyone with an interest in English Literature or King Arthur. I actually read ‘The Passing Of Arthur’ in one of my many school projects on Arthur and connections to this idea of a King who was too pure for us at that time and they loved it! Thank you for this video! Wonderful.
I was born in Enid, Oklahoma which was supposedly named after a character in Idylls of the King. What got me here was purely synchromystical and I really appreciate your video. I'll be checking out Idylls. Thank you my friend.
@@mrbisse1 Actually, we bought this because we started the practice of reading aloud from the classics to our son every morning - thought my wife might find it more appealing than Homer or Plutarch (she does the reading - I just listen :)
Lovely listening to this, thanks. I've recently started reading Idylls as I try to reconnect to my country's stories, or rather learn a lot of it for the first time - I realised recently, at age 30, that I don't actually know that much of Britain's cultural history. Growing up here, you sort of assume you already know the details, but our education isn't actually that great and there are fewer and fewer people interested in telling these stories to the next generation. On a side note, you refer to Arthur as King of England - is this how he is referred to in the poem? In my understanding of the legend of Arthur, he would be placed historically prior to the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons and would more accurately be King of the Britons, as the concept of "England" wouldn't really exist in his time. However I can imagine the Victorian Tennyson may have been attached to the idea of "England".
:) I assume the second syllable must be stressed, or else they would sound almost the same. But maybe the scancion of lines of poetry would tell you. Or.... google it. :)
Thank you for your recommendation. I read The Once and Future King a while ago and have been looking for more Arthurian literature since. Recently I stumbled upon Idylls of the King and discovered a beautiful edition of by Easton Press with illustrations from Gustave Doré. As it's quite pricy I wanted to make sure it's worth the purchase. You convinced me to do so! Do you know the Doré illustrations by any chance? They're really beautiful.
You're welcome. You may be interested to know that I am using Idylls very heavily in a tale that I am telling online. I will be adapting it in many places through out. Lancelot and Elaine, Gareth and Lynette, Vivien and Merlin. See chapter 16 of ruclips.net/p/PLuJbg6eLC7Y0aVyiuN5OyqMcSaIYtP4Ni
And for what it's worth, Tennyson is the best practitioner of iambic pentametre in the English language, beating out (for my money) Shakespeare, Milton, and Spenser.
@@haywoco2 I'm not sure what you mean by that, but in general I like it all. You might want to see some of my own attempts. I also wrote an 42 stanza narrative poem in Spenserian stanzas.. Here for the latter: ruclips.net/video/8826Q0T417A/видео.html and here for the former: ruclips.net/video/8JgFcNrDY8U/видео.html
Gareth and Lynette...beautiful story, beautifully told...
Wow! Stumbled upon this by chance when reading my own copy of Idylls Of The King and I think your way of expressing the emotion and beautiful language of that work by Lord Tennyson captures it so well! I also think extremely highly of it and would recommend it to anyone with an interest in English Literature or King Arthur. I actually read ‘The Passing Of Arthur’ in one of my many school projects on Arthur and connections to this idea of a King who was too pure for us at that time and they loved it! Thank you for this video! Wonderful.
Thank you so much, Toby.
I was born in Enid, Oklahoma which was supposedly named after a character in Idylls of the King. What got me here was purely synchromystical and I really appreciate your video. I'll be checking out Idylls. Thank you my friend.
Thank you for posting this. Just bought a copy of the Idylls and am looking forward to reading it now.
I hope you are not disappointed.
@@mrbisse1 Have read a few of the poems and so far am enjoying them very much!
@@MrAlcidas Great! Maybe you could try reading some of it aloud to someone.
@@mrbisse1 Actually, we bought this because we started the practice of reading aloud from the classics to our son every morning - thought my wife might find it more appealing than Homer or Plutarch (she does the reading - I just listen :)
Lovely listening to this, thanks. I've recently started reading Idylls as I try to reconnect to my country's stories, or rather learn a lot of it for the first time - I realised recently, at age 30, that I don't actually know that much of Britain's cultural history. Growing up here, you sort of assume you already know the details, but our education isn't actually that great and there are fewer and fewer people interested in telling these stories to the next generation. On a side note, you refer to Arthur as King of England - is this how he is referred to in the poem? In my understanding of the legend of Arthur, he would be placed historically prior to the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons and would more accurately be King of the Britons, as the concept of "England" wouldn't really exist in his time. However I can imagine the Victorian Tennyson may have been attached to the idea of "England".
Thanks. I'm sure you're right about "England". To most Americans England is no different from Britain.
@@mrbisse1 Ah, I wondered if that might be the reason. Be careful - you'll incur the wrath of the Scots and Welsh!
@@MinnoqWV Wouldn't want that, but I can't let that worry me. Thanks for the warning, though.
Thank you. You've successfully given me the impetus to read this, and nice and slowly too.
Wonderful. The slower the better "Thick with wet woods and many a beast therein" :)
I can't get started though until I find out how to pronounce Balin and Balan.
:)
I assume the second syllable must be stressed, or else they would sound almost the same. But maybe the scancion of lines of poetry would tell you. Or.... google it. :)
Thank you for your recommendation. I read The Once and Future King a while ago and have been looking for more Arthurian literature since. Recently I stumbled upon Idylls of the King and discovered a beautiful edition of by Easton Press with illustrations from Gustave Doré. As it's quite pricy I wanted to make sure it's worth the purchase. You convinced me to do so! Do you know the Doré illustrations by any chance? They're really beautiful.
You're welcome. You may be interested to know that I am using Idylls very heavily in a tale that I am telling online. I will be adapting it in many places through out. Lancelot and Elaine, Gareth and Lynette, Vivien and Merlin. See chapter 16 of ruclips.net/p/PLuJbg6eLC7Y0aVyiuN5OyqMcSaIYtP4Ni
"Morte d'Arthur" from the Idylls is my favourite poem of all time.
Thank you Frank, shared & subscribed...
You are so welcome!
And for what it's worth, Tennyson is the best practitioner of iambic pentametre in the English language, beating out (for my money) Shakespeare, Milton, and Spenser.
He was certainly good, but I don't know about beating Shakespeare.
@@mrbisse1 Not holistically, but as a practitioner of iambic pentametre, that's my opinion anyway.
@@haywoco2 I'm not sure what you mean by that, but in general I like it all. You might want to see some of my own attempts. I also wrote an 42 stanza narrative poem in Spenserian stanzas.. Here for the latter: ruclips.net/video/8826Q0T417A/видео.html and here for the former: ruclips.net/video/8JgFcNrDY8U/видео.html