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but what is the proper word to describe the type of poetic, hypothetical abstraction that follows? - Bellyouth" If I were a [dead leaf] thou mightest bear" - [Shelley]It seems Mr. Bellyouth, there was no such narrow word. so let us objectively examine the words suggested in context...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The soul of Shelley inanimated into a dead leaf.
The soul of Shelley reificated into a dead leaf.
The soul of Shelley objectificated into a dead leaf.
The soul of Shelley deantipersonificated into a dead leaf.
The soul of Shelley deleafified into a dead leaf.
The [soul] of [Shelley] transfigurated into a [dead leaf].I don't know about you folks, but I vote for green. -  - ...or, uh. maybe blue.
Or maybe transmuted, or metamorphised, or maybe...
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For the record, Shelley doesn't appear on the following list of one hundred influential people of the millennium, but Mary beat him out: http://www.falls.igs.net/~dphillips/biography3.htmSo did Elvis, Princess Diana, and a few other surprising winners. Just goes to show you, if you want to influence civilization, you're better off pouring your creative genius into a monster than into a leaf. Boris regards, WordWollstonecraft
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Reminds me of the time Nancy Reagan was named the most admired woman in the world. I think it was Jay Leno who responded: "Aren't you relieved she beat out that pushy Mother Teresa?" .
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I was chagrined not to know all of the people on the list. But I did get 99 out of a hundred. I am curious. Had any of you heard of number 94 before?
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I had heard of him only by that 'name', and would not have recognized his real name.
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Bless us and save us! Ronald Reagan appearing on a list with the likes of Gutenberg, Lincoln, Marco Polo, Einstein? - eeeehhhhyyyaaa - yet another day ruined.
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"If I were a rich man".("deega deega deega dum....")
LLOL!!
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Shelley doesn't appear on the following list of one hundred influential people of the millennium, but Mary beat him out:
Really now, all she did was write one book about the dangers of playing God. How much influence did she actually have? The industrial revolution still took over. What about Mark Twain or Charles Dickens?
And, though I'm not defending Reagan's politics or nuclear defense plan, he did play a significant role in ending the Cold War. Even though he's a recent president, politics shouldn't enter into something like this. Gorbachev is on the list too.
And what about King George III? He certainly had a lot to do with provoking the American revolution.
Elvis?!?
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