tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post3871438648953198176..comments2023-07-19T01:13:09.713-07:00Comments on Grammar Gang: A rose by any other nameThe Purdue and UniSA Connectionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01873311749547093059noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-43659603582811492122009-03-15T01:54:00.000-07:002009-03-15T01:54:00.000-07:00I found (or discovered with doubts) ten independen...I found (or discovered with doubts) ten independent clauses. Pray, would that affect much the interpretations of the sonnet or does it have to do with something clever?I am a life too.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08252654340040474604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-73604437556506031302009-02-23T21:30:00.000-08:002009-02-23T21:30:00.000-08:00How many independant clauses are there in this son...How many independant clauses are there in this sonnet amyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-28326100323609831602009-02-23T20:55:00.000-08:002009-02-23T20:55:00.000-08:00Dear Sandeep,Your interpretation of the first two ...Dear Sandeep,<BR/>Your interpretation of the first two lines is very spiritual. It somehow makes me think of Gerald Manly Hopkins or John Donne. I can't wait for the rest of the sonnet...<BR/>VirginiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-86963133613112047452009-02-23T20:51:00.000-08:002009-02-23T20:51:00.000-08:00Dear Anonymous Poetaparaphraser,What a spectacular...Dear Anonymous Poetaparaphraser,<BR/>What a spectacular haiku! I think you've really captured the essence of the original poem here. How often do you write haikus, I wonder?<BR/>VirginiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-74220677103337095662009-02-23T20:45:00.000-08:002009-02-23T20:45:00.000-08:00Dear Breeze,I really like your contribution! Tell ...Dear Breeze,<BR/>I really like your contribution! Tell me, does 'Fair and Lovely ' really work?<BR/>VirginiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-31405620045795416352009-02-19T06:33:00.000-08:002009-02-19T06:33:00.000-08:00Wrote this in a hurry. The full sonnet, some other...Wrote this in a hurry. The full sonnet, some other time. :-) <BR/><BR/>Summer lives on a nature-granted lease while beauty has leased out itself to you for Eternity.Sandeepwebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797696452463822853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-7532408035411828172009-02-16T06:17:00.000-08:002009-02-16T06:17:00.000-08:00Full Poetaparaphrase:More lovely, more temperate t...Full Poetaparaphrase:<BR/>More lovely, more temperate than a Summer’s day,<BR/>Fickle Summer shines, shivers, fades away; <BR/>You, forever, stay.<BR/><BR/>As Haiku<BR/>Dimming summer’s day,<BR/>Sending blazing sun fading,<BR/>You forever stay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2714518845507850015.post-15271771170623520922009-02-13T23:59:00.000-08:002009-02-13T23:59:00.000-08:00With due permission (and to hell if you don't), I ...With due permission (and to hell if you don't), I want to compare you to a summer's day -- less hot but lovely nevertheless. <BR/><BR/>Summers are short and sweet but not you. After people are long done with your beauty, you will continue to live -- all wrinkled and withered, and mother many (lllegal?) sons. In all fairness, you will... Read More continue to glow-- with little help from fair and lovely*.<BR/><BR/>*A popular brand of fairness cream in India that promises to turn every dark skin to the kind of pink you see on Julia Roberts.Breezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070499570581151246noreply@blogger.com