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Lessons in Parsing - by Rashid Husaid (1936-1977)

Oct 19, 2005 20:25

THE FIRST LESSON

He was sixty years old...
And still teaching.
One day he came into class and said:
"Parse this sentence: The teacher came."
We thought he was joking,
So we laughed and answered:
"Came, an active verb,
The teacher ...!!?"
Suddenly we understood ... in a second
So we were silent ...
We heard him muttering:
"Came,, an ( Read more... )

Comments 4

whatsupdog October 19 2005, 18:44:24 UTC

Even with a headache-addled brain, such as mine currently, it's still awesome. Thanks, man.

v3g4n October 25 2005, 11:09:26 UTC

Can you tell me more about this? Like what is it to mean and who is the person who wrote it?

corpuscontrary October 25 2005, 12:17:48 UTC

well, so rashid husain was a palestinian poet who lived in haifa, and then moved to new york after the 1967 war, where he died ( ... )

v3g4n October 25 2005, 12:41:26 UTC

Hmmm, thanks for the extra information. It's really interesting.