NPPF Canto 1 Incest Motif

Tim Strzechowski dedalus204 at comcast.net
Sun Jul 27 20:04:14 CDT 2003


Sarcasm aside, I really would like to understand what you are trying to
demonstrate.  But for me, at least, I'm not seeing what you are seeing in
this passage.  Please explain what you are trying to demonstrate with the
quotation.

Respectfully,

Tim



> > What program do these mockingwords retell?
> >
> > "come here,/Come here, come herrr'; flirting her tail aloft"
> >
> >
>
> >>>Oh.  I see.  Well ... how could I have been so blind to such an obvious
> reference to incest.<<<
>
> What is your reading of what the mockingbird is retelling?
>
> Why the shift from birdcalls to English?
>





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