09-10-2016, 03:00 AM
(09-09-2016, 10:47 PM)dukealien Wrote: Capitalizing "[L]aw" could add some richness/ambivalence, probably more than these simple verses can bear. When I see "Law" capitalized mid-sentence, it evokes Judaic/Mosaic, European (specifically English) Common or statute law, Indian sub-continent Buddhist (karma) or Hindu (wheel), or Sinic (Confucian propriety/Rituals)*. In ordinary reading the context would establish which, but in short verse the reading of "Law" would set the context for everything else. (I was thinking statute law, mainly.)
*"[L]aw" does not bring sharia to mind, for me, anyway.
Yes, indeed. All those other religious and sectarian accumulations...
I guess, reflexively, subconsciously, I think first of Christian. This is because
I grew up in a Christian environment; and the beliefs that I don't believe in were
predominantly formed by it.
But, changing the subject, I really have to disagree with: "probably more than
these simple verses can bear". Haven't they engendered this discussion?
While we can certainly imagine more eloquent, stately poems having this affect,
I bet they would all be much longer. Yours possesses the elegance of simplicity.
So... pretty damn cool dude.
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