I really should have picked up on this. Borges has some interesting things to say about language in Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. Among other things he imagines a language without nouns. 'Upward, behind the onstreaming, it mooned' is its version of 'the moon rose above the river'. I had thought of writing a poem in that language but, since Borges never attempted, I thought it would be too hard.
My reasons for hating the EU are entirely poetic. A world where such people were in charge is not a world I want to live in. Economics and such are entirely irrelevant.
I did write a poem in thieves cant but I can't remember which book it's in.
Milton expeted his audience (fit audence though few) would pick up his allusions. He was not writing for ignorant students though they existed in his day as they do now. I generally write littlenotes if I think the allusion is at all recondite. Presumably something like 'Perchance to dream' is generally known. Or perhaps not.
Last edited by John Whitworth; 04-30-2016 at 01:44 AM.
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