11-16-2013, 04:27 PM
Oh yes, there was something about where it belongs in discourse -- I tuned out of that part because frankly, I don't separate discourse into different text types and genres but view it as a constant multimodal interplay punctuated by the occasional limerick or one of billy's jokes (sometimes combined). Everything we communicate just pours into that ocean, and to separate it back out into he said/she said morphemes and monosyllables is both tedious and irrelevant. Does that mean we shouldn't take care to write, edit and analyse thoroughly if it's all going to the same place anyway? No, it doesn't. I don't want my ocean to be full of sewage.
I rarely remember whole poems -- in fact, I rarely remember whole lines of poetry. I remember the ideas that I associated with particular poems (it's all about the vibe). Sometimes those ideas are linked closely with the phrasing, so I remember that as well, but more often the poem is just another piece in a much larger, probably unsolvable puzzle.
And billy, I have impeccable taste. I just prefer not to exercise it too often, so I can enjoy the gross stuff.
I rarely remember whole poems -- in fact, I rarely remember whole lines of poetry. I remember the ideas that I associated with particular poems (it's all about the vibe). Sometimes those ideas are linked closely with the phrasing, so I remember that as well, but more often the poem is just another piece in a much larger, probably unsolvable puzzle.
And billy, I have impeccable taste. I just prefer not to exercise it too often, so I can enjoy the gross stuff.
It could be worse