Plagiarism

[rowens]

You can't say anything without alluding to some common reference points, or no one can understand what you're talking about. So some is based on short prosy paraphrased statements, with poetic responses and elaborations. The starting point, in its funny way, was immaculate beginning and the first idea, nature and the perception of nature. Which is real: one, both, neither? And what difference does it make? Those two concepts, immaculate beginning, first idea, in this context, come down through Bergson, William James, Santayana and Stevens. Those are the main allusions beyond more obvious general ones.

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There are only two paraphrased lines, or indirect quotes. The rest I made up. But the whole poem is struggling with natural, mental, literary, mythic, cultural influences and generic ideas.