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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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