01-29-2026, 11:10 PM
Particularly liked
" the natural object is always the adequate symbol"
in more than the obvious sense of preferring metaphor over simile.
Also the preference for science as discovery. Which implies lots of errors, missteps, and surprises (with a few explosions the poet can avoid?) on the way to discovery.
Must listen to some French poetry in hexameter, just for the sound. Like Lully's music, not so much ancient as a road not taken.
" the natural object is always the adequate symbol"
in more than the obvious sense of preferring metaphor over simile.
Also the preference for science as discovery. Which implies lots of errors, missteps, and surprises (with a few explosions the poet can avoid?) on the way to discovery.
Must listen to some French poetry in hexameter, just for the sound. Like Lully's music, not so much ancient as a road not taken.
Non-practicing atheist