Honestly, I think the all-title format of this post is the byproduct of having more exposure to Twitter than blogs lately.
But I do think there’s something to the argument that poetry, with its incontestably dense semantic value, feels like astronauts’ space food in comparison to more explicitly worded treatises.
Personally, I can’t stand Tennyson. Homer I feel I can’t judge because I’d actually be criticizing some Romantic, and Joyce I’m honestly rather partial to.
So, Tennyson, although I might be conflating “bad” and “dense.”
this next blog better be amazing Read an article on the Economist that reminded me of you. Maybe I will forward… depends on how bitchy i/the scanner am/is feeling tomorrow
Is this a new form I’m not familiar with?
Honestly, I think the all-title format of this post is the byproduct of having more exposure to Twitter than blogs lately.
But I do think there’s something to the argument that poetry, with its incontestably dense semantic value, feels like astronauts’ space food in comparison to more explicitly worded treatises.
“Hey, this Weltanschauung tastes like chocolate!”
Which is the densest of them all: Homer, Joyce, or Tennyson?
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Personally, I can’t stand Tennyson. Homer I feel I can’t judge because I’d actually be criticizing some Romantic, and Joyce I’m honestly rather partial to.
So, Tennyson, although I might be conflating “bad” and “dense.”
It’s been a month…
Been close to three months, now. But I’m gearing up to get back into it!
this next blog better be amazing
Read an article on the Economist that reminded me of you. Maybe I will forward… depends on how bitchy i/the scanner am/is feeling tomorrow 