Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Thief That Steals From Another Thief Comments

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I bought an old book of poems
By Walter de la Mare
And thought it a great thing
With my beloved to share,
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Rod M.Peters
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Bri Edwards 26 November 2023

Why not use the alleged 'torture' by ants? I heard that some Native Americans/American Indians [and maybe also some 'white men'] would bury a prisoner in sand/dirt except for their face and drip ant-luring honey on the poor person's face. Yikes! !

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Bri Edwards 26 November 2023

Stanza 7: I THINK I'd change 'about' to 'that'. What a tangled web I've spun! Stanza 8: Ok, maybe 'money back' if you return to.....whom? ? ? I'd say 'on', not 'in', the rack.

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Rod M.Peters 28 November 2023

Yeah, actually good suggestions: will do. Do I really hope to get my money back by returning to 'crooked reseller'? Not really.

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Bri Edwards 26 November 2023

(cont.) ...maybe adding 'from' after 'pilfered' is a solution. // AND again, in Stanza 6, It sounds to me as though you are defining 'pilfer' as '(to be) stolen from'. rather than as 'to steal'.

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Rod M.Peters 28 November 2023

Pilfered 'by' refers to the culprit, whereas pilfered 'from' refers to the victim. So the original owner's book would appear to have indeed been pilfered "by" that infamous greedy Camden lot! , though I could be wrong.

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Bri Edwards 26 November 2023

Stanza 4: If I understand 'lot', I say there are words missing to make this stanza grammatically correct. Hmmm? : )

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Rod M.Peters 28 November 2023

'Lot' in this context is, admittedly, an UK slang meaning 'a group of people'; e.g.: What a sorry lot!

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Bri Edwards 26 November 2023

Walter de la Mare, born on April 25,1873 in London, is considered one of modern literature's chief exemplars of the romantic imagination.'

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