What poem was Isolde reading in Tristan and Isolde? Who was it written by?

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What poem was Isolde reading in Tristan and Isolde? Who was it written by?

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lanfranco
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Which version? There are dozens.

If you mean the recent film, apparently a major anachronism occurs within it: Isolde reads "The Good Morrow" by John Donne (1572-1631) -- written many, many centuries after the story is supposed to have occurred.

See the IMDB site on the film. Here's the poem:

http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/goodmorrow.htm

Jun 28 2006, 7:44 PM

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Priscilla9
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That always gets me mad...nobody ever pays attention to detail!

Jun 28 2006, 10:12 PM

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kisstherainbow
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actually i just watched the making if the film and the director/producers knew it was wrong, but they said that the poem was "so beautiful" that they had to include it.

Jun 29 2006, 9:16 AM

What poem was Isolde reading in Tristan and Isolde? Who was it written by?

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