Telll me your favourite poem!?

Question: Telll me your favourite poem!!?

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Do not go Gentle Into that Goodnight by Dylan Thomas!.
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Mine is an epic poem by the name of 'Ilion', written by Sri Aurobindo, - a contemporary of Rabindranth Tagore, Browning and Oscar Wilde!.
This epic poem is written in the same lofty classical Hexameter that Homer has written in his Iliad in Greek!. Many poets prior to Sri Aurobindo has tried to write English poetry in quantitative metrical form and rhythm, - esp!. the grand Hexameter :
- uu -uu -uu -uu -uu - - , with five dactyls -uu , and at the end a spondee - - !.
All the prior attempts to this by Tennyson, Bridges, Longfellow, Spenser,Sydney, Harvey, Cough, except Swineburne (brilliant Sapphics) had failed !. Not only this poet frames new rules for inherent quantity in English language, but he demostrates his theory in practice!. Here-below, you will find quoted a few lines of his epic poem Ilion written in quantitative classical Hexameter!.

Lo, in the night came this dream; on the morn thou arisest for battle!."
But to Briseis white-armed made answer the golden Achilles:
"This was a dream indeed, O princess, daughter of Brises!
Will it restrain Achilles from fight, the lion from preying!?
!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
"Thinkst thou I fear thee at all!? I am brave and will chide thee and threaten!.
See that thou recklessly throw not, Achilles, thy life into battle
Hurting this body, my world, nor venture sole midst thy foemen,
!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.
Shapeless the gyre of the sun!? For dream or for oracle adverse
Why should man swerve from the path of his feet!? The gods have invented
Only one way for a man through the world, O my slave-girl Briseis,
Valiant to be and noble and truthful and just to the humble!.
Only one way for a woman, to love and serve and be faithful!.
This observe, thy task in thy destiny noble or fallen;
Time and result are the gods'; with these things be not thou troubled!."
So he spoke and kissed her lips and released her and parted!.
Out from the tent he strode and into his chariot leaping
Seized the reins and shouted his cry and drove with a far-borne
Sound of wheels mid the clamour of hooves and neigh of the war-steeds
Swift through the line of the tents and forth from the heart the leaguer!.
Over the causeway Troyward thundered the wheels of Achilles!."

Look at the duties depicted for a man - a royal knight and a royal lady, -
'Valiant to be and noble and truthful and just to the humble!.
Only one way for a woman, to love and serve and be faithful!.'

We have the same exact situation in Julius Caesar of Shakespeare, Where Calphurnia gets nightmare, predicting the death of Caesar!. Both the lines by Calphurnia and caesar are world famous!. Here Briseis, the slave-girl and lover of Achilles gets a nightmare, prdicting the death of Achilles!. You tell me which lines you like more, and which lines are greater as poetry!. Its a tall demand to make, - a choice between the most famous English poet William Shakespeare and relatively an unknown entity, studied at Cambridge, Sri Aurobindo!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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