White Rose of Avalon

Literature

  • ‘The Penguin Book of the Mermaids’ Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing my review of The Penguin Book of Mermaids edited by Cristina Bacchilega and Marie Alohalani Brown.   This is one of those great Penguin collections of stories and historical accounts, this time about Mermaids! This book includes many…

  • ‘The Mermaid’ by W.B. Yeats Poem Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I am sharing my line-by-line analysis of the short poem The Mermaid by William Butler (W.B.) Yeats!   I have accessed the text of the poem on https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/mermaid-10#google_vignette.   As a brief sidenote, the version of this poem that I am…

  • Calypso, Enchantress of ‘The Odyssey’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I will be discussing Calypso!   Now, I did write about Calypso a bit in a recent post where I discussed Aquatic lore in The Odyssey, but I have surprisingly never written a whole post just about Calypso.  …

  • Undines & the Magick of Embodying Water

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday blog post, I will be discussing Undines, the Water Elementals, and the magick of Embodying Water! Now, many of you may know the term Undine from the novella of that title by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, or the…

  • Aquatic Lore in ‘The Odyssey’

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.    For today’s Mermaid Monday blog post, I will be exploring the Aquatic and Mermaidy lore in The Odyssey!   In five separate sections below, I will look briefly at each figure from The Odyssey.   Without further ado, let’s look at figures with Aquatic lore…

  • ‘The Two Children’ by Emily Bronte Poem Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings!   Today’s blog post is an analysis of The Two Children by Emily Bronte.   The Two Children is one of my all-time favorite poems by Emily Bronte, as you can easily see the echoes of what would become Wuthering Heights later!   This will be…

  • Movies to Watch When You Want to Feel Like Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is another movie recommendation post based on how you want to feel.   For today’s list, I am focusing on films that make you feel like you are Alice Through the Looking Glass, and that means surrealist fantasies abound here!   This list…

  • A Review of ‘Beren and Luthien’ by J.R.R. Tolkien

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is a review of Beren and Luthien by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien.   I was so delighted to dig into this book as my next outing into the world of Middle-Earth.   Given that it is probably the most iconic love…

  • ‘To a Wreath of Snow’ by Emily Bronte: Poem Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is an analysis of the poem To a Wreath of Snow by Emily Bronte.   This will be a stanza-by-stanza analysis of this lovely poem, with the sections in bold and all-caps being my analysis.   I accessed the text of the poem…

  • ‘The Book of Melusine of Lusignan’ Book Review

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s blog post is a review of The Book of Melusine of Lusignan: in History, Legend, and Romance edited (with translations) by Gareth Knight.     This is the last book I had on my to-read list as a source for building my Melusine Online…