>PS
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>in case anyone's wondering about the 'he's have been' construct in my last,
>it's short for Brummie 'he wus have been'. 'Wus' equals 'would'. Guess I
>could have written 'bin' for 'been' to signal it better, but anyhow ....
I *was wondering, Dave, perhaps because I'm from away. I was intrigued by
this poem, as I now a few others that also refer to dead brothers, like an
important poem by Al Purdy, one of our greats. He suggests that his dead
brother is a kind of muse...
Doug
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
the heart in its cage stands up
desiring fine instruments
Michele Leggott
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