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3 April 2016

Which Classical Heroine Are You?

Please, not one of the good girls –
poor orphaned Jane
who ended up marrying the boss,
nor feisty, smart Elizabeth,
although she found love and wealth.

Nor yet rebellious Cathy –
those moors were probably cold.

Could I be Natasha?
She had both passion and heart.
And she had Pierre,
a kind man who could think.


April Poetry Day 3 at 'imaginary garden with real toads' is Flash 55 PLUS. The optional 'plus' is to consider the classics. My title is an imaginary facebook quiz – but if it doesn't already exist, I'm sure it soon will.



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20 comments:

  1. Kerry O'Connor4 April 2016 at 00:24

    Hard to choose sometimes. I thought Cathy needed her head read. I rather liked Bathsheba of Madding Crowd. She had some spunk and a desire to follow her heart rather than give into convention.

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  2. Ellecee4 April 2016 at 00:52

    If we had a choice? I like Natasha as well, I think passion is the way to go,,,nicely done,,

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  3. Outlawyer4 April 2016 at 01:37

    Natasha would be a very good choice! Or who did Levin get? Dolly? Bad name but Levin was a good guy! But notice it's all about the guys they got!!!!!!! AGH!!!!! YOur poem isn't though--thanks. k.

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade4 April 2016 at 08:51

      Yes, I was aware of that when reviewing the novels for this purpose, that it was all about who they ended up marrying – and even in the poem a bit, though I tried to make it about other things too.

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  4. Raivenne4 April 2016 at 01:42

    Oh, how this made me smile! I tend towards the bad girls myself.

    And yes there is a quiz -

    http://www.playbuzz.com/abighj10/which-classic-literary-heroine-are-you

    I got Scarlett O'Hara from Gone With The Wind - perfect!

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade4 April 2016 at 08:52

      Ha! I knew there must be.

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    2. Rosemary Nissen-Wade4 April 2016 at 08:58

      I got Elizabeth Bennett after all – but for good reasons such as honesty and wit.

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  5. Sherry Blue Sky4 April 2016 at 02:23

    Yes, definitely Natasha!

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  6. De Jackson4 April 2016 at 06:32

    Yep. Bad girls for the win. ;)

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  7. Gemma Wiseman4 April 2016 at 06:35

    I tend to the bad girls with a heart somewhere deep down.They're interesting. Smiled that you included Cathy as a non-appealing connection. Heathcliff was far more alive. Cathy was a pale foil it seems.

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade4 April 2016 at 08:52

      I was cross with her for marrying LInton, but I suppose a girl has to be practical too.

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  8. Gillena Cox4 April 2016 at 09:22

    No not poor Jane she doesn't suit you at all

    Thanks for dropping in to read mine

    Much love...

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  9. Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil4 April 2016 at 13:28

    Rosemary, I am with you. Just about all women from the "classics" were about their matches. Men could have lives that were not lived simply through the lens of their lovers. Great take! Amy

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  10. Jim4 April 2016 at 13:54

    Oh for sure, Rosemary, I would take Natasha as she was young. But probably to old for either Pierre or me. I haven't read War and Peace, I don't like war stories.
    ..

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  11. grapeling4 April 2016 at 15:01

    Pierre? I was thinking Boris... ~

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    1. Rosemary Nissen-Wade4 April 2016 at 15:07

      That's a classic I am not acquainted with. (But I did Google it to find out what you meant.)

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  12. Other Mary4 April 2016 at 22:20

    Haha - I was thinking Boris and Natasha too. Thanks for saying it first, M. I guess there are classics and there are classics. I think the character I most wanted to be, though maybe not quite so classic, was Jo.

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  13. Marian5 April 2016 at 00:38

    Ahh... then there's Wendy.

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  14. Susie Clevenger5 April 2016 at 14:44

    Hmmmm....none of the above. I need one with a bit more bitch. lol

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