Trisin,
Interesting!
Milie
> Lewis Carroll, a 19th century author and writer of poetry also had
> epilepsy. He is best known for "Alice in Wonderland." Lewis Carroll
> expressed his epilepsy in "Alice in Wonderland." These two poems also
> reflect a little of his epilepsy. I'm sure many more do too. I
> underlined some things that stand out to me.
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> SIZE AND TEARS
> by: Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
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> HEN on the sandy shore I sit,
> Beside the salt sea-wave,
> And fall into a weeping fit
> Because I dare not shave--
> A little whisper at my ear
> Inquires the reason of my fear.
>
> I answer, "If that ruffian Jones
> Should recognize me here,
> He'd bellow out my name in tones
> Offensive to the ear:
> He chaffs me so on being stout
> (A thing that always puts me out)."
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> Ah me! I see him on the cliff!
> Farewell, farewell to hope,
> If he should look this way, and if
> He's got his telescope!
> To whatsoever place I flee,
> My odious rival follows me!
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> For every night, and everywhere,
> I meet him out at dinner;
> And when I've found some charming fair,
> And vowed to die or win her,
> The wretch (he's thin and I am stout)
> Is sure to come and cut me out!
>
> The girls (just like them!) all agree
> To praise J. Jones, Esquire:
> I ask them what on earth they see
> About him to admire?
> They cry, "He is so sleek and slim,
> It's quite a treat to look at him!"
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> They vanish in tobacco smoke,
> Those visionary maids--
> I feel a sharp and sudden poke
> Between the shoulder-blades-
> "Why, Brown, my boy! You're growing stout!"
> (I told you he would find me out!)
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> "My growth is not your business, sir!"
> "No more it is, my boy!
> But if it's yours, as I infer,
> Why, Brown, I give you joy!
> A man whose business prospers so
> Is just the sort of man to know!
>
> "It's hardly safe, though, talking here--
> I'd best get out of reach:
> For such a weight as yours, I fear,
> Must shortly sink the beach!"--
> Insult me thus because I'm stout!
> I vow I'll go and call him out!
>
> - In this poem I didn't underline all the parts about him being "stout,"
> but many people with epilepsy also experience a feeling of being smaller
> or larger than they should be. For me, I have spells of feeling smaller
> than I should. Sometimes everything looks bigger than it should be. Some
> people call this "Alice in Wonderland Syndrome." For alot of people, it's
> just a common characteristic of epilepsy.
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> LIFE IS BUT A DREAM
> by: Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
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> BOAT, beneath a sunny sky
> Lingering onward dreamily
> In an evening of July--
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> Children three that nestle near,
> Eager eye and willing ear,
> Pleased a simple tale to hear--
>
> Long has paled that sunny sky;
> Echoes fade and memories die;
> Autumn frosts have slain July.
>
> Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
> Alice moving under skies
> Never seen by waking eyes.
>
> Children yet, the tale to hear,
> Eager eye and willing ear,
> Lovingly shall nestle near.
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> In a Wonderland they lie,
> Dreaming as the days go by,
> Dreaming as the summers die;
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> Ever drifting down the stream--
> Lingering in the golden gleam--
> Life, what is it but a dream?
>
> This poem reflects the feeling of life being "unreal" and/or "dreamy." I
> frequently get this feeling too. It's another characteristic of Alice in
> Wonderland Syndrome, as well as temporal lobe epilepsy. Carroll also cuts
> into memory problems associated with epilepsy, when he states that "echoes
> fade and memories die."
>
> Okay, I won't bore you anymore with Lewis Carroll poetry.
>
> Later,
> Tristin Seagraves :)
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> --- On Fri, 6/26/09, Lana <purplehybiscus@
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> From: Lana <purplehybiscus@
> Subject: [epilepsy] Re:Anyone Got Talent?
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroup
> Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 1:53 AM
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> Hi Tammy: There are famous people with epilepsy who are talented. Some are
> Lindsey Buckingham,Danny Glover,Hugo Weaving(Irish actor)are just a few.
> Megan could very well be talented. Don't ever let anyone try to spoil her
> talents. Have a great Friday. Lana J:)
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>> I brag about Megan somewhat shamefully here, but she sings, dances
>> and acts, and has also written several songs. It occurs to me that
>> the guy who wrote "Shake, Rattle and Roll" just might have had
>> epilepsy ;-)
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>> Tammy
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