In a message dated 07/23/2004 2:40:01 PM Central Daylight Time,
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<< What do poeple think of numbers in poems, by way of description? For
example in the following line:
Eighteen eider, three merganser, a jagged row of cormorant...
Colin >>
I like the idea of being specific when we can be. But of course things like
this can be so variable. Does the observer really have time to count
eighteen? That matters. Sue
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