> Surely you couldn't hope to seduce ANYONE if the sodding rhythm's wrong?
>
> joanna
Unlike Dom, I got the rhythm of the pome *right*.
Which mibee goes to show that there's some mileage in pedantary.
Sometimes ...
:-(
Da Thing.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robin Hamilton" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 10:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Poem: A Refusal To Mourn The Death, By Fire, Of A Child In
>
>
> > Dom:
> >
> >
> >> Oh *shite* Dom, you ought to be ashamed of yourself -- "thorough"
> >
> > <<
> > Now you mention it, "thorough" really makes that line - the way it
> > rolls off the tongue...
> >>>
> >
> > <sigh>
> >
> > The sodding RHYTHM doesn't work (leave aside what was actually +printed+
> > in
> > *Miscellaneous Poems*) if you read "through".
> >
> > <<
> >> Bottom line is Marvell's is more effective as a real-life seduction
poem.
> >
> > Has this been empirically tested?
> >>>
> >
> > Worked for me.
> >
> > <<
> > The *only* person I ever managed to seduce with a poem, I'm now married
> > to.
> >>>
> >
> > Lucky you.
> >
> > ... Back to the Teapot.
> >
> > Da Dormouse.
> >
>
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