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NL888 Posted 14 years ago
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Does "For one day spent, Cao's cruelty to abet:" mean
Does "For one day spent, Cao's cruelty to abet" mean "For one day spent to abet Cao's cruelty"?
Context:
Hua Xin furthered Cao Cao's foulest scheme:
Breaking down the wall, he seized the queen.
For one day spent, Cao's cruelty to abet:
A name forever cursed, "Dragon Pate."
Another poet praised Guan Ning: Liaodong still keeps historic Guan Ning House ...
More:
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=RtwAMoUzDJcC&pg=PA509&lpg=PA509&dq=%22Cao+Cao's+cruelty+to+abet&source=bl&ots=p5Hf5RJNOP&sig=cKFxpdb5X6ukT78rSNa41mol3Qo&hl=zh-CN&sa=X&ei=lAp1UI_mOITYigLLxIGIBg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=true
Context:
Hua Xin furthered Cao Cao's foulest scheme:
Breaking down the wall, he seized the queen.
For one day spent, Cao's cruelty to abet:
A name forever cursed, "Dragon Pate."
Another poet praised Guan Ning: Liaodong still keeps historic Guan Ning House ...
More:
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=RtwAMoUzDJcC&pg=PA509&lpg=PA509&dq=%22Cao+Cao's+cruelty+to+abet&source=bl&ots=p5Hf5RJNOP&sig=cKFxpdb5X6ukT78rSNa41mol3Qo&hl=zh-CN&sa=X&ei=lAp1UI_mOITYigLLxIGIBg&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=true
Top answer
Yes. Inversion of sentence structure is often used in poetry. CJ
- Yes.
- Inversion of sentence structure is often used in poetry.
- CJ
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