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- From: daq@fc.hp.com (Doug Quarnstrom)
- Subject: Re: Decapitalization?
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:06:35 GMT
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- Shonias (ablanch@physics.su.OZ.AU) wrote:
- : In article <122420203@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> daq@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Doug Quarnstrom) writes:
- : >Children are the idiot product of lust. I will soon post a poem I
- : >wrote long ago that elaborates on that a bit.
- : >
- : >But again you knock aside my aphoristic thrust. A duellist by nature,
- : >perhaps?
- :
- : You would not be the first to suggest it, but I concede to placing at
- : least some credence in your original statement. I must confess to
- : enjoying the argument as much as the subject matter.
-
- Me too at times. Style over substance is the rule of life!
-
- :
- : I thank you for your previous salute, but was most frustrated that you
- : posted the explaination of your jest just as I had decided to
- : attempt to interpret it, and, although I had not seen as much in it
- : as you told, I was at least headed in the right direction.
-
- Well, if you are extremely frustrated, you could try to analyze the
- poem. Most of the symbolism in it is fairly straightforward,
- and there are definite meanings in it. You do not have to, of course,
- but it is more challenging than the 'undead' thing.
-
- : You paint an interesting picture, and I will put more thought into the
- : analogy now.
-
- Bear in mind as you do, that it was primarily meant to amuse.
-
- :
- : Incidently, I am no poetry critic, but I liked that poem.
-
- If you were a poetry critic, you would have been forced to hate it,
- so perhaps it all works out. To help you out in beginning to
- deconstruct the poem, I will ask a pertinent question:
-
- "Who is the idiot boy in the poem?"
-
-