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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

interpreting

What is this that roareth thus? Can it be a motor bus?

Could you interpret these sentences?
  

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These are the first two sentences of the poem Motor Bus by A. D. Godley.

  • These are the first two sentences of the poem Motor Bus by A.
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  • Godley.
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These are the first two sentences of the poem Motor Bus by A. D. Godley.
Google it.
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Here is the complete poem:

What is this that roareth thus?
Can it be a Motor Bus?
Yes, the smell and hideous hum
Indicant Motorem ***!
Implet in the Corn and High
Terror me Motoris Bi:
Bo Motori clamitabo
Ne Motore caedar a Bo---
Dative be or Ablative
So thou only let us live:---
Whither shall thy victims
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What does 'can' here mean?
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Can it be....?

Is an expression of surprise, irony, or incredulity - "can" means more than possibility; you know very well what it is. It is often used with very young children, to get them excited about what they are seeing.

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