10-16-2011, 01:00 PM
No need to be sorry. Your thoughts are appreciated.
I grew up reading Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan and John Carter series and (especially in the latter) he used 'Stygian' like it was his favorite word. Being very young, I had to look it up, but eventually realized that Burroughs used 'Stygian' like an adjective to describe darkness. His favorite was 'Stygian gloom', when John Carter marched into the unkown dungeon.
In my poem, I wanted to use 'Stygian' like I'd seen William L. Shirer use in his discussions of Adolf Hitler's personality. 'A man filled with the Stygian - no light at all.' Maybe people won't get it though. I worried about that when I chose it, but now I am just so attached to the way it works there for me. I will give it some serious thought, though. Thanks for your help. Your advice is always valuable.
I grew up reading Edgar Rice Burrough's Tarzan and John Carter series and (especially in the latter) he used 'Stygian' like it was his favorite word. Being very young, I had to look it up, but eventually realized that Burroughs used 'Stygian' like an adjective to describe darkness. His favorite was 'Stygian gloom', when John Carter marched into the unkown dungeon.
In my poem, I wanted to use 'Stygian' like I'd seen William L. Shirer use in his discussions of Adolf Hitler's personality. 'A man filled with the Stygian - no light at all.' Maybe people won't get it though. I worried about that when I chose it, but now I am just so attached to the way it works there for me. I will give it some serious thought, though. Thanks for your help. Your advice is always valuable.