Alan's post reminded me of another possibility that Alan's modesty probably 
kept him from mentioing...

Alan and I edited a Twain poem in 1983 (Mark Twain's Rubaiyat). At the time, 
he and I thought we'd said everything that could ever be said about that 
poem, but surely we overlooked something. The thing is 45 quatrains long, so 
allowing for vacations, sick days, and spring break, you could take on a 
quatrain a week and squeeze a year's worth of explication out of it.

Seriously, it's a long poem that inverts some of Edward Fitzgerald's themes, 
has some contemporary references, and since it's about Olde Age, it might be 
the sort of thing that would amuse and confuse the young'uns.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Gribben" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: Poetry by Mark Twain


> John,
>
> If you can obtain a copy of Arthur L. Scott's ON THE POETRY OF MARK TWAIN, 
> =
> WITH SELECTIONS FROM HIS VERSE (Urbana:  U of Illinois P, 1966), this 
> would=
> be a good starting-point for choosing a poem.
>
> Regards,
> Alan Gribben
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John 
> Greenman
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:47 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Poem by Mark Twain
>
> Librivox.org, in its desire to commemorate Mark Twain, asks:
>
> Did he write a poem that could be used as a weekly poetry project?
>
>
> Anyone have a suggestion?
>
> -John
>


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