I think a lot, perhaps too much. And I read a lot, definitely not enough. So I have a lot of thoughts about what I read, thoughts that I don't get to always express. That's why I thought that I would turn here, to my old English poetry blog and share everything I feel about whatever I finish reading at that moment.
Does anyone else get that feeling when you finish a book? That strange empty, yet content/frustrated/angry feeling (depending on the ending) that leaves you sitting still for moments after you've closed the pages, mourning for what you just lost. I did some research into this emotion, reaching for a word that could describe what I was feeling and to see if other felt that same way. I found a few things: Saudade - a Portuguese word not directly translated into English that means a sad longing for something or someone that is lost and may never return. (I'm slightly hesitant to use this word as I don't have a full understanding of what it means as I don't know any Portuguese.) Post Series Depression - a pretty self explanatory brought to you straight from Urban Dictionary. (While a completely fitting term, it doesn't appeal to that part of me that wants a special word for that weird feeling I experience.) Unfortunately, I could not yield any satisfactory results to fit my need to put a word to an emotion, but I want to find something that will fill that emptiness and console my heart after I savor every last combination of 26 letters that forms a book.
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