> You've condensed the themes of the entire ~Divina Commedia~ trilogy, from
the
> opening "Lasciate ogni speranze voi ch'entrate" (Erminia?) re-cast as a
> government warning sign, to the concluding transcendent hypostasis,
Beatrice
> ("the girl") included--- and bonzai-ed the whole cosmogony down into three
> tercets and a border! That's very, ~very~ abridged, Mr. 'cumshaw:
exemplary
> shrinkage.
>
Well, I just wake up in these foul moods somedays, and you never know what
might happen then, Mr 'ich.
Actually I'm quite perturbed coz I think the 'border' should have been a
doublet, horrors, a faux-pas. I must have been feeling more than usually
abridged.
Best
Dave
David Bircumshaw
Leicester, England
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Jullich" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: (feedback requested) "THE ABRIDGED PARADISO (ALIGHIERI NOTES)"
> You've condensed the themes of the entire ~Divina Commedia~ trilogy, from
the
> opening "Lasciate ogni speranze voi ch'entrate" (Erminia?) re-cast as a
> government warning sign, to the concluding transcendent hypostasis,
Beatrice
> ("the girl") included--- and bonzai-ed the whole cosmogony down into three
> tercets and a border! That's very, ~very~ abridged, Mr. 'cumshaw:
exemplary
> shrinkage.
>
> ~Divina Commedia~ abridgement into a single haiku, anyone?
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> "david.bircumshaw" wrote:
>
> > 'European Culture: US Govt. Property. Trespassers wil thee
Proprietered.'
> >
> > the sign said,
> > loud above the head of the man
> > walking
> >
> > looking not just for the girl but
> > whatever lay beyond
> >
> > on the unturned page
> > like the next step:
> >
> > hop[e]
> >
> > David Bircumshaw
> >
>
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