Sunday, February 10, 2013

Punic Tragedy, Roman Genocide Comments

Rating: 4.5

It did not matter what the subject was.
Each time that the Roman statesman Cato the Elder
rose to speak, he ended it with these words:
'Also, I think Carthage must be destroyed'.
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Paul Hartal 23 July 2016

Thank you for your comment, Tom. I view this opus as a narrative verse. Although the genre is associated with ballads and idylls, among them with such classic epics as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, or Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, narrative poems neither have to rhyme, nor have they follow rhythmic pattern. They tell a story, which can be long or short. Paul Hartal

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Tom Billsborough 04 June 2016

a very interesting piece of prose with the components of genocide so relevant to today's world. Assuming you did not submit this as verse, I rate its content highly. Tom Billsborough

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