NPPF Canto 1 Wedgie

Tim Strzechowski dedalus204 at comcast.net
Sun Jul 27 19:58:29 CDT 2003


> Why all this pissiness? It is fine with me if you do not have, or wish not
> to share your reading of the Canto. I was just curious.

Not being prissy.  But nice try on the flame bait, Keith.

> Not many have shared
> a reading of the Canto, so I was wondering what you, and others, do with
it.

Fair enough, Keith.  I'd be interested in seeing as much, too.

> If you think I claim to know what the Canto is about, you are taking me
much
> more seriously than I take myself.

You're the one who has put forth a reading of what the canto is "about":
incest.  That's cool, but why does it sound like you're backpedaling now by
suggesting you haven't claimed to know what it's "about"?

> I think I am doing a Kinbote to the poem at this point.

Wha?

>
> I am not interested in doing that kind of analysis at this point. Just
> tossing out tidbits to see how they resonate.

I see.

>
> >>>  I have nothing to prove on this issue ... but you do. <<<
>
> Looks like my reflections yanked northward the waistband on those boxers.
>

Had you given any actual reflections in the post in question, Keith, perhaps
I'd have felt your yank.  You gave nothing more than a grocery list of
quotations from the poem, out of any context, sans analysis.  But apparently
they were tidbits meant to resonate.

Awaiting what your next analysis will do to my underwear, I remain,

Tim






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