On 4/1/05 2:05 PM, "Stephen Vincent" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I won't argue with you, nor would I anyway, other than those Victorian etc.
> poems kind of done "suckle" to death.
Hi Stephen
You can tell I'm avoiding writing today...
Yes, agreed on the Victoriana, though I like Rossetti very much. I remember
thinking Tennyson's poem (I can't remember the details and am not going to
look it up) about Come into the garden Maude was hilarious, though. Was it
Maude who was a-weary, a-weary, I would that I were dead? Not much suckling
there, but it's great fun to say out loud, and can be a very useful tool for
annoying people when you're 12.
Perhaps rather alarmingly, one of my first associations when I think of the
word "suckle" is Lady MacBeth. I don't even think she says it, just that
image of dashing the sucking babe from the breast. Hopefully not a
reflection of my parenting style.
Best
A
Alison Croggon
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