07-31-2020, 10:01 AM
(07-31-2020, 09:40 AM)busker Wrote: On second reading, I think the forced nature of the rhymes works, given that the narrator could be a plumber from Sutherland with marital problems. Not that plumbers from Sutherland can't have read Classics at Balliol.Where's the forced rhyme?
But seriously, I like the choice of the title, and the wish fulfillment nature of the text.
The second 'beautiful' is rather bland, even if deliberate.
