Two truths and a lie

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As you know I'm not partial to Modernism, but I did read some Plath poetry today.
I may decide to dig out my copy of The Bell Jar and have another look, or I might indulge in Hughes' work instead.

I remember ee cummings! I thought the ee was so unique and countercultural! LOL

I sincerely hope 2 is your lie but I recall that it isn't.

The Lie is #3. He knew Dick Haymes’ SON. Both were alcoholics.

Hughes was a complex figure to Plath...to say the least. Not all was good with Hughes, despite his evident literary merit.

I'm so sorry that 2 is true.
I would have had a cross word or two to say, if I were there!


I recently found some of my undergrad term papers, including those entitled:

1. "The Power of Sex and Fate in Romeo and Juliet " (should be good for a laugh)

2. "Misogyny, Malaprop and the Use of Tropes in The Mill on the Floss "

3. "Structural Similarity and Political Polarization in A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest "


Which one is not true?
Also, which of the two correct responses received the higher grade?

#2 got the highest grade. #1 is the Lie.

I'm sorry to say you are incorrect on both guesses!

2 is my lie!

1 and 3 are true, and I received a much higher commendation on the third.
It was praised as "astute" and "significant"!

Maybe I'll sell it on EBay

It's funny to see everything written on typewriter, with no way to transfer them without scanning whole documents.

Scanning wouldn’t be very difficult undertaking once someone shows you how to do it.

I should have known it was #2, based on, basically, everything lol.

#3 sounds like a doctoral-level conception.

Sometimes, I’m just too hyper lol


1. I wrote on the conception of Keats’ Ode to Melancholy, and got people an A-minus

2. I wrote on the Scottish Chaucerians, and got an A.

3. I wrote on the satire in The Nun’s Priest’s Tale, and got an A-minus.

The Lie is #2. Alas, I rarely got a "full A" on my papers. I guess I didn't "get over the hump" because I was too preoccupied....

1. My wife was able to take a TV to Trinidad

2. I almost got hit by a Walmart truck yesterday, while leaving Costco.

3. I was late for work today.

Korts,
Regardless of your grades you still love fine literature, you continue to refine your interests and you're a clever critic.
I'm impressed!

What are you reading next?


1. I've been reading Mrs. Dalloway all day.
2. I've been procrastinating about reading anything, all day.
3. I've been listening to music all day.

I sense it is #1. Music can really clue a person as to his/her sentimental side; there is the tendency for people to loll in Sentiment...because it does create Transcendental feelings.

The feeling is rather similar to being alone out on a lake, with beautiful farmland and forest prevalent throughout all the Horizon.

You're right! Clarissa Dalloway's story is sitting at my side waiting to be read, but I've been procrastinating.

Have you read it? (And what are you reading next?)

Yes, I agree about the music and lolling and sentiment. Sometimes it's hard to focus on reading when I play so much music!

Of course, I read the "original" Clarissa by Samuel Richardson....but not the work you mentioned.

I'm reading about the 1949 Yankees now.

Next....."Wuthering Heights!"

I haven't read Clarissa (shame on me), or Sister Carrie (somehow, I connect the two). I bought a copy of Sister Carrie but somehow lost it while shopping, before it even reached my house. That was about 25 years ago, so perhaps I should invest in another!

I forgot you joined the WH reading group! I can't wait! I'll explode in rapt special-interestness!!
I may as well cancel all my plans for the next couple of weeks because I'll be in a reading trance!

1. Charlotte Brontë hated WH and wrote several forwards to her sister's novel, calling it a mistake.
2. Emily Brontë was inspired by German philosophy which she studied in Berlin.
3. Anne Brontë's character of Helen Graham is modelled on Isabella Linton.