Benny Bunter
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I read somewhere that Blake's Marriage of heaven and hell is the first example of free verse in English, no idea if that's true though, a lot of academics tend to talk a lot shit a lot of the time, evidently
The Cantos
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- a leaf in the current condom full of black beetles hate is not born in the trenches i cannot make it cohere i have tried to write paradise indulge the banter pound for pound pull down thy vanity she is an octopus the great ball of crystal the hells move in cycles the temple is holy because it is not for sale the vines burst from my fingers thought is a labyrinth unexpected excellent sausage
i've been reading the odd few lines here and there over the last few weeks... not really got a lot to say except they are interesting as they go, but not quite for the reason i thought they would be.
i never, for one, realised how interested he was in chinese history, i'm reading at random in the main but there's loads of tales about who did what.
i like his terse style, it feels very straightforward and readable, generally. of course I'm not getting every allusion and i've nt read any guides, sort of wanted to get a feel for it as it's own thing first.
was interested in his choice of abbreviations - cd and wd for example. feels like he's reaching towards his own way of expression, his own system a bit. there's a lot of patterns in it becoming visible.
i never, for one, realised how interested he was in chinese history, i'm reading at random in the main but there's loads of tales about who did what.
i like his terse style, it feels very straightforward and readable, generally. of course I'm not getting every allusion and i've nt read any guides, sort of wanted to get a feel for it as it's own thing first.
was interested in his choice of abbreviations - cd and wd for example. feels like he's reaching towards his own way of expression, his own system a bit. there's a lot of patterns in it becoming visible.