01-13-2016, 03:29 AM
Hi Jeremiah,
I definitely find this little offering here interesting and perhaps somewhat baffling at the same time. First of all I presume it is somehow connected to the "Seven-League Boots" that are found in various European folklore and fairytales, which from what I've just learnt is also found in many modern games that I know nothing about at all such as World of Wickercraft.
I think that the idea of using old folklore imagery is a good one and has lots of potential when used with a fresh approach. The problem that I have with the poem is that for me after the third line it seems to confirm what it says in lines 2 and 3 ie that 7 times 3 is 21. I feel as though I'm missing some bit of information that would tie it all together for me. I like the idea of numbers having significance and 3 and 7 commonly occur in many writings.
The other thing it reminded me of was a commonly borrowed and reused line in American folk and blues songs that uses the phrase "Well you're three times seven, that makes twenty-one" to emphasise the point that the person in question has reached the age of adulthood.
Cheers for the read,
Mark
I definitely find this little offering here interesting and perhaps somewhat baffling at the same time. First of all I presume it is somehow connected to the "Seven-League Boots" that are found in various European folklore and fairytales, which from what I've just learnt is also found in many modern games that I know nothing about at all such as World of Wickercraft.
I think that the idea of using old folklore imagery is a good one and has lots of potential when used with a fresh approach. The problem that I have with the poem is that for me after the third line it seems to confirm what it says in lines 2 and 3 ie that 7 times 3 is 21. I feel as though I'm missing some bit of information that would tie it all together for me. I like the idea of numbers having significance and 3 and 7 commonly occur in many writings.
The other thing it reminded me of was a commonly borrowed and reused line in American folk and blues songs that uses the phrase "Well you're three times seven, that makes twenty-one" to emphasise the point that the person in question has reached the age of adulthood.
Cheers for the read,
Mark
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