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#153606 - 01/10/06 05:49 PM disjecta membra poetae
Logwood enthusiast Registered: 07/28/05 Posts: 270 Loc: Israel	I was searching for synonyms for "song", and this came up: "disjecta membra poetae" Obviously another language... perhaps Latin? (Father Steve?) ...I was wondering what's the exact definition of it... for as always, Google wasn't very fruitful, but the phrase evidently appears in many English documents... only not in dictionaries.
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#153607 - 01/10/06 06:19 PM Re: disjecta membra poetae
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10472 Loc: this too shall pass	this came up near the top of a google. (for searches like this make sure you put the phrase in quotes; otherwise you get gar-bage.): Horace’s disjecta membra poetae – limbs of a dismembered poet
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#153608 - 01/10/06 06:19 PM Re: disjecta membra poetae
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont	> limbs of a dismembered poet whoa. that be some serious metaphor. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#153609 - 01/10/06 06:31 PM Re: disjecta membra poetae
Logwood enthusiast Registered: 07/28/05 Posts: 270 Loc: Israel	Ahh, thanks. Any idea what does the metaphorical reference of it means? ...definitely not something I could use as a grandiloquent synonym for "song" ..
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#153610 - 01/10/06 06:37 PM Re: disjecta membra poetae
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7186 Loc: Vermont	no, I can see the metaphor. a song is a child, or a part of a poet. pretty damnediloquent if you ask me.... _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#153611 - 01/10/06 06:38 PM Re: disjecta membra poetae
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	If you don't like his poetry don't read it - dismembering the guy seems a bit extreme.
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#153612 - 01/10/06 07:39 PM Re: disjecta membra poetae
TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Registered: 07/17/00 Posts: 3467 Loc: Marion NC	This poem's gonna cost you an arm and a leg! _________________________ TEd
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#153613 - 01/10/06 10:04 PM Re: da DUM da DUM
maverick Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/15/00 Posts: 4757	Iambic pentameter's an armless pursuit.
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#153614 - 01/11/06 08:08 AM Re: da DUM da DUM
Elizabeth Creith addict Registered: 03/22/05 Posts: 500 Loc: Northern Ontario, Canada	Gives a whole new meaning to "getting footless"
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#153615 - 01/11/06 11:28 AM Re: disjecta membra poetae
zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 3271 Loc: R'lyeh	I would translate the phrase as the scattered limbs of a poet. Seems a fitting metaphor for a song from the poet who told us that dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (it is sweet and dignified to die for one's country). _________________________ Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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