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K.O. Posted 21 years ago
Sol indulged in that possibly most inexcusable
of all to use a highfalootin phrase
luxuries that is or to
wit farming and be
it needlessly
added.
Hi, I need a clue to help me grasp the piece above. It would be helpful to know if there is any elided particle in it. By the way the 'Sol' is expressing a name and the poem belongs to Cummings.
Grammar
a part from a poem
Sol indulged in that possibly most inexcusable
of all to use a highfalootin phrase
luxuries that is or to
wit farming and be
it needlessly
added.
Hi, I need a clue to help me grasp the piece above. It would be helpful to know if there is any elided particle in it. By the way the 'Sol' is expressing a name and the poem belongs to Cummings.
Top answer
O. I took the poem as below. I had an uncle named Sol who was a born failure, and nearly everybody said he should have gone into Vaudeville.
- O.
- I took the poem as below.
- I had an uncle named Sol who was a born failure, and nearly everybody said he should have gone into Vaudeville.
- Perhaps (it is) because my Uncle Sol could sing “McCann He was a Driver on Xmas Eve Like **** Itself”, which may or may not account for the fact that my Uncle Sol indulged in that most inexcusable of all: to use a highfalutin phrase, “luxuries” that is, or to wit farming.
- And be it needlessly added: my Uncle Sol's farm failed because the chickens ate the vegetables.
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Hello K.O.
I took the poem as below.
I had an uncle named Sol who was a born failure, and nearly everybody said he should have gone into Vaudeville. Perhaps (it is) because my Uncle Sol could sing “McCann He was a Driver on Xmas Eve Like **** Itself”, which may or may not account for the fact that my Uncle Sol indulged in that most inexcusable of all: to us
I took the poem as below.
I had an uncle named Sol who was a born failure, and nearly everybody said he should have gone into Vaudeville. Perhaps (it is) because my Uncle Sol could sing “McCann He was a Driver on Xmas Eve Like **** Itself”, which may or may not account for the fact that my Uncle Sol indulged in that most inexcusable of all: to us
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Hi paco, I didn't, won't read your reply , I am only asking for a clue. So please put forward if you have any in your mind. And afterwards you may want to have a look at that , also fromCummings.
ygUDuh ydoan yunnuhstan ydoan o yunnuhstand dem yguduh ged yunnuhstan dem doide |
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Hello K.O.
I'm sorry if I put something you don't want. As to the poem you newly put, I have no idea about how to read it.
paco
I'm sorry if I put something you don't want. As to the poem you newly put, I have no idea about how to read it.
paco
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Hi paco, First of all it is me who should apologize on sending you this poem. I didn't have any idea in the least what was going on in it and after reading it several times it revealed itself as being a foolish chatter about the world war two. foolish because it is probably very racist and abusive ,as I construed it ,especially against the people of a particular country.And since it is from th
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Hello K.O.
Thank you for your kind reply. Frankly speaking, I don’t know much about the background of *******’s Uncle Sol poem. But I too can feel some sense of mockery in it.
paco
Thank you for your kind reply. Frankly speaking, I don’t know much about the background of *******’s Uncle Sol poem. But I too can feel some sense of mockery in it.
paco
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Not Uncle sol, paco. It is the second one: yugUDuh. Though, never mind.
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