Talk:Annus Mirabilis (poem)

why cant i find any help about Annus Mirabilis by philip larkin??????????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.194.144.163 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia's not about helping with work etc, it's an encyclopedia, it can't tell yew what to put in ywr exams :P try a different website ^_^ --MrMetalFLower 17:52, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

disambig

Is this page supposed to be an article about a poem or a disambiguation of 2 poems? If either is notable, then they deserve to have a separate article of their own with a hatnote for disambig. But having an article on two different poems that share the same name is a bit of a... I don't really know the term. Mrathel (talk) 17:57, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Changed Article

I have changed this article into one about the Dryden poem. Even if two poems share the same name, they deserve to have separate articles providing they are both notable. The text for the Larkin poem is a copyrite violation, since the poem is not available under free-use policy. The Larkin information, if enough can be collected to assert notability, should be created as Annus Mirabilis (Larkin) or something of the sort, and a disambig can be placed at the top of the page.

secondly, this article needs references and sources to meet with the notability guides. I am not arguing that either poem is not notable, but without references, the article fails verifiability. Mrathel (talk) 18:39, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with removing the Larkin content, as aside from the copyright violation there wasn't much being said. Instinctively I feel that Larkin poem had probably accumulated enough notability to deserve its own page, but in without any sources to hand I think that that can happily wait. almost-instinct 03:34, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

There is problem.

Annus Mirabilis is a poem written by John Dryden published in 1667. It commemorated 1665–1666, the "year of miracles" of London. Despite the poem's name, the year had been one of great tragedy, including the Great Fire of London. The title was perhaps meant to suggest that the events of the year could have been worse.

Annus Mirabilis does not really mean the year of miracles but something more like the marvellous year. Accordingly all this bloatage in the lead is inappropriate because the title is ironic. But I have no sources. Untitled50reg (talk) 18:17, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have since given the poem a skimread and I now care nothing about Dryden nor his title. Give me no heed. Untitled50reg (talk) 22:44, 11 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]