His first poems appeared just when the battle between the Phosphorists, Goths and Academists had worn itself out...

No further explanation is given.

posted at: 19:38 | path: /baltism | permanent link to this entry

I've found my Greek metre notes, on only the second time of searching. They fell off the back of a pile of Spanish notes I don't remember making. I ought to have found them dividing bank statements, or wrapping crockery in transit, but Spanish notes will have to do.

The wise kangaroos are a mnemonic for one of the three most common sorts of dochmiac: short-long-long-short-long. The wise kangaroos eschew rubber shoes. Only a mnemonic, though, because quantity in English doesn't matter in the same way as in Greek and the pitch accent in Greek can fall on a short vowel. Compare "thè wíse kángaróos eschéw rúbber shóes".

posted at: 11:24 | path: /D/bread_and_wine | permanent link to this entry