Collective noun for epithets
I like this collective noun for epithets, 'artillery' suggesting a quickfire delivery of pithy comments, with the additional charm of...
Time-shrinking phrase
A striking triologism for a phrase which arrests and compresses time, as indeed, Heaney's does. Â
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The translation of thinking
Steinbeck seeks to understand the difficulties his interpreters faced when supporting him on his trip to the Soviet Union with...
Instinct with poetry
A fine and subtle way to depict a look which appears to express more than the person looking is capable...
Towing a sinking ship with a canoe
A clear portrayal of something being unequal to the task, Thoreau uses this maritime metaphor to describe words which strike...
A butterfly in a cactus library
Such an imaginative construct to describe a jagged script! I had fun looking for an image of a cabbage-looking butterfly...
Of time and tenses I
A fascinating insight into how we fold our perceptions of time into language, or language influences such perceptions. It made...
Language like a wipe of garlic
What a way to convey the invigorating presence of foreign words in a language. Even if imperfectly grafted, they add...
Language as anchor and mooring
Heaney uses several maritime metaphors in discussing a poem set in a sea-faring culture. Here he refers to speech that...
Of time and tenses II
Another angle on language and how it shapes or at least influences our perception of time. Here Adam Nicolson discusses...
Key Penmanship Indicators (KPIs) – III
I like this aesthetic amalgam proposed by Harold Bloom – another high-held yardstick by which to measure quality of writing.
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