[Janice D. Soderling]

Don said

Contrary to Vendler's claim, “woman” wouldn’t work as it is a generic term for any female human being. I want to hear Dante say “Lady” because it rings true of his time, its ethos, its mores, and its historical situation. “Run away” rather than “flee”? “Flee” is hardly archaic. She claims, One cannot imagine a native American speaker referring to his heart’s demolished core. But then one can’t imagine anyone but a poet who would. "Demolished" is quite urban, even global these days. It conveys both physical and mental/emotional breakdown.

Of all that riled me, that is exactly what riled me most.