>1) Is a dactyl a brick or a gargoyle? Justify.
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A dactyl is a metrical foot consisting of a long syllable and two short
or unaccented syllables. Or a finger or a mollusc, so somewhat fleshier
than either bricks or gargoyles.
>2) What is the relationship of engineering to poetic architecture? Is the
>architect-poet responsible for designing a structure that can actually be
>built? If so, why?
>
What is the distinction in a poem between designing and building?
>3) Can concepts of architectural acoustics (reflection, diffusion, and
>difraction of waves) be applied to semantic waves in the poem? Explain.
>
Probably not.
>4) Are words in a poem a) rooms b) furniture c) walls d) vestibules e)
>windows f) corridors g) other? Explain.
Other. Alternatively, all of the above, plus pilasters, finials,
doorjambs, crockery, floorboards, cloisters, bedlinen, lightfittings and
animal hair.
And I never explain.
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