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mr_dna

WHOA MOMMA!

May 12, 2003 21:04

We have a quiz on vocab dealing with poetry in english class.

19. pastoral - a poem (also called an eclogue, a bucolic, or an idyll) that describes that simple life of country folk, usually shepherds who live in a timeless, painless (and sheepless) life in a world that is full of beauty, music, and loveWell next time i encounter a beautiful, ( Read more... )

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rolandsghost May 12 2003, 18:31:36 UTC

39. Fine Post--A post /post/ consisting of fine reading material.

mr_dna May 13 2003, 08:16:30 UTC

gorsh - many thanks, many thanks.

On the subject of fine reading material, WRITE MORE ENTRIES.

rolandsghost May 14 2003, 17:47:54 UTC

shucky darn-- 'PREESH-EE-ATE it, DIDDLY DAWG.

more posts on DA way.

belgand May 12 2003, 18:38:28 UTC

I took Latin Poetry so don't even begin to complain about this. You've never had to learn 5 different words for bronze. Nor have to scan poetry in latin... ugh. Still, most Roman poetry really is much better in Latin, plus I've gotten the chance to thorougly show up a terrible prof. We were reading the Divine Comedy which I'd originally read as a freshman in high school and then again as a senior as a part of class. This was my sophmore year of college though and I was the only person who'd read it. When the issue of why Virgil was chosen as Dante's guide comes up I go on into the Aenied. The teacher asks if I've read it. I look a bit down and reply that yes, I have... but only in latin. Being able to show your teacher up like that is very satisfying, especially when she's a worthless humanities cunt.

goodness mr_dna May 13 2003, 08:19:35 UTC

where do you go to college?

agentdanger May 12 2003, 18:42:56 UTC

I'm sensing a bit of anti-poetry sentiment here.

Sestina seems like an interesting form, but the best example I could find online was this wretched piece: http://www.daypoems.net/poems/1856.html

Anyway, it appears that the trick is all in the last word of each line. The first stanza sets out the words, then the same words are switched around in a certain order at the ends of lines in all the other stanzas, like so: 1. abcdef 2. faebdc 3. cfdabe 4. ecbfad 5. deacfb 6. bdfeca 7. eca.

Tu comprends?

Don't let that English teacher verbiage get you down!

I dont let NOTHIN get me down mr_dna May 13 2003, 08:24:11 UTC

actually its "Tu comprendes"

i don't care enough about it to really figure out what it is, but thanks for the effort.

"Gawd bless this world! Whatever she 'ath done --
Excep' when awful long -- I've found it good.
So write, before I die, "'E liked it all!" "

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