View Single Post
  #11  
Unread 11-03-2024, 08:11 AM
Carl Copeland Carl Copeland is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2022
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Posts: 2,059
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Q View Post
I'm guessing you intended to lose, "early", as it's redundant? Otherwise L3 is hexameter. I do think it's better without "early".
Right, my original version didn’t have “early.” I’ve fixed that.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Q View Post
I don't think "how heavily you weigh" sounds awkward in itself, but it does rather raise the question, "on what?". I think the version above makes it clearer as to who "you" is -- that it isn't self-address. It does seem more awkward though, with that inversion. And shouldn't it be "heavily"? Though I think this construction is more acceptable in the US.
Yes, that’s the quandary I’m in, and the anomalous IP line in my first version tipped me in favor of the new one.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Q View Post
Thanks for the links. I found a few of his poems online, too.
Well, if you’re really, really interested, there are these too:

https://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=35902
https://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=35881
https://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=35757

I don’t advertise the latter two, because the poems are seriously twisted.
Reply With Quote