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Critical Analysis #2

Homicide

oceanvu2
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since 2007-02-24

Posts 1066
Santa Monica, California, USA

0 posted 2007-03-27 05:26 PM

If I wanted to kill you,
I would have sent flowers.

Aurelian
Member

since 2007-03-20

Posts 109
TX, USA

1 posted 2007-03-27 10:11 PM

I like that snide humor!

oceanvu2
Senior Member

since 2007-02-24

Posts 1066
Santa Monica, California, USA

2 posted 2007-03-27 11:12 PM

Snide? Me be not snide! Me be straightforward disillusioned old duff! Glad you got it, though.

For the most part, I work with epigrams. Some rhyme, some don't. It's a somewhat odd but ancient sport, sometimes dismissed as "light verse." I didn't understand the craft and beauty of J. V. Cunningham until I was like, 50.

Best, Jim

minus
Member

since 2007-03-24

Posts 75

3 posted 2007-03-28 01:02 AM

if there is some inferred meaning, it escapes me...but i think i also 'get it'. you make me want to research jv cunningham, though. where can i find samples (i know, at the library...)?

oceanvu2
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since 2007-02-24

Posts 1066
Santa Monica, California, USA

4 posted 2007-03-29 07:17 PM

Hi minus. There is no "inferred meaning" in these two lines. The "meaning" couldn't be more explicit. Now, you might reasonably consider whether the image works or not. Did it get your attention?

I wouldn't be tempted to write a thesis on it, either.

Best, Jim

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