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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 15 of 51 1 2 … 13 14 15 16 17 … 50 51 Go to page... Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #209813 02/27/13 02:48 AM 02/27/13 02:48 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,971 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc OP Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc   OP Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,971 Worcester, MA Not to change the subject but... is that form a Kayyamic quatrain or rather a Fitzgerald-translationic quatrain? I know most of Homer in English is iambic pentameter but the original Greek, IIRC, was dactylic hexameter. What did Omar write in? Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #209817 02/27/13 02:48 PM 02/27/13 02:48 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Perfect form and message. With the read I became the voyeur. Thank you, Commando. Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: jenny jenny] #209820 02/27/13 05:08 PM 02/27/13 05:08 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK It is Fitgeraldian - almost. Strictly speaking, the rhymes whould be A, A, B, A. It could more properly have read:- Her bright blue eyes and tresses gold, He looks upon, with gaze so bold; Soft undulations ’neath her dress: He waits to see her drapes unfold Last edited by Rhubarb Commando; 02/27/13 05:11 PM. Reason: add rewritten masterpiece I'm immortal until proven otherwise Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #209824 02/27/13 07:49 PM 02/27/13 07:49 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Yeah but I wonder; is there a ear here that can't hear with the eye the clear superiority of the first? Fixed structures restrict Art. Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: wofahulicodoc] #209825 02/27/13 08:39 PM 02/27/13 08:39 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK True Art is to transcend the restrictions of the fixed structures. (discuss! I'm immortal until proven otherwise Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: Rhubarb Commando] #209827 02/27/13 10:54 PM 02/27/13 10:54 PM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Originally Posted By: Rhubarb Commando True Art is to transcend the restrictions of the fixed structures. (discuss! Uh, didn't I just say that? Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: jenny jenny] #209828 02/27/13 11:26 PM 02/27/13 11:26 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Well, jj, my hearin' ain't that a-cute, I guess, but what I heerd wus that you-all said, I'm immortal until proven otherwise Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: wofahulicodoc] #209829 02/27/13 11:27 PM 02/27/13 11:27 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Rhubarb Commando old hand Rhubarb Commando   old hand Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,075 Lancaster, UK Well, jj, my hearin' ain't that a-cute, I guess, but what I heerd wus that you-all said, wus - "Fixed structures restrict Art." I'm immortal until proven otherwise Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: jenny jenny] #209834 02/28/13 06:51 AM 02/28/13 06:51 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Tromboniator old hand Tromboniator   old hand Joined: May 2010 Posts: 959 Alaska Originally Posted By: jenny jenny Fixed structures restrict Art. All generalizations are wrong! Re: Sparteye's Game, only it should load faster now [Re: Tromboniator] #209837 02/28/13 08:25 AM 02/28/13 08:25 AM Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi J jenny jenny veteran jenny jenny   veteran J Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,554 Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi Yeahbut your generalizations, Trombonator; are the most wrongest in transliteration. Tighten up. Page 15 of 51 1 2 … 13 14 15 16 17 … 50 51 Go to page... 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