As the Weekend Dawns...

It's 4 AM and I just went through some more poetry, including Matthew Arnold's "The Forsaken Merman" and Robert Browning's "The Last Duchess." I enjoyed "Merman" just fine; I really felt sorry for the lonesome seaman. Moving on, I have to say "The Last Duchess" is darkly entertaining to read - the guy's calmly rationalizing why his former wife deserved to be disposed of, and he's also quite obvious about how he's in the market (unless I'm interpreting this thing wrong, then let me know) for a new bride! I'm sure this fellow is quite easy to please. I'm pretty positive the Duke had something to do with the Duchess' demise, though I'm sure there's some interpretation out there that can show the opposite. Regardless, I liked the poem about as much as I liked it the last time I read it, which was a few years ago. Well, I'm yawning more wider and louder by the second, so....*snore*