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Robt. Browning's How They Brought..." poem

Posted by: Jean (205.244.124.---)

Date: May 24, 2022 08:33PM

What is the good news that the riders brought from Ghent to Aix in this poem ("How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix")

Thanx

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Re: Robt. Browning's How They Brought..." poem

Posted by: Pam Adams (---.bus.csupomona.edu)

Date: May 24, 2022 08:46PM

No one knows for sure- here's a link to lots of previous discussion on the topic. [www.emule.co.uk] />
pam

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Re: Robt. Browning's How They Brought..." poem

Posted by: Marian-NYC (---.nyc1.dsl.speakeasy.net)

Date: May 25, 2022 04:05PM

If the poem does describe "a purely imaginary incident," then I'm glad he chose to give it such a happy title.

He didn't call it HOW THEY BROUGHT THE BAD NEWS...

or HOW THE BROUGHT THE BLACK DEATH...

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Re: Robt. Browning's How They Brought..." poem

Posted by: Pam Adams (---.bus.csupomona.edu)

Date: May 25, 2022 04:34PM

For bad news, they wouldn't have needed to ride so fast. I always thought it was news of a battle, myself.

pam

or perhaps the winning lotto numbers........

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