J. H. Prynne

[luka]

far too complex a concept for me to bother trying to understand tbh

 

[Benny Bunter]

If I can understand I'm sure you can. I read some poetry for dunces type of explanation of it the other day as well, and I found it useful, I'll see if I can find it

 

[Benny Bunter]

Parataxis I mean

 

[luka]

im allergic to anything that requires intellectual effort

 

[Benny Bunter]

A famous example is "I came, I saw, I conquered" - no conjunctions so each part has equal weight

 

[Benny Bunter]

It's not hard, honestly, it's a very common effect that's used. If you Google 'parataxis poetry' and read the first thing that comes up it will explain it with examples.

 

[luka]

dont care. i never try. its one of my rules of life.

 

[Benny Bunter]

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.

In juxtaposing the two images, Pound uses the poetic device of parataxis. That is, he places two phrases next to each other without using a conjunction—or, for that matter, any other words. Pound does not say the faces are like petals, nor even that they are petals. Indeed, he says nothing to guide the reader between these two ideas. Rather, he presents as clearly as possible two things to see and leaves readers to draw their own conclusions from there.

 

[Benny Bunter]

Pasted from a dunces GCSE level guide off the internet

 

[woops]

how hard can it be it's just chaining clauses any old how

luke's thick, parataxis is easy, i love car chase

 

[Benny Bunter]

For the dissensus dunces

 

[luka]

woops knows i refuse to try and understand any concept of any kind. its a rule.

 

[woops]

@luka is just wilfully a moron sometimes

 

[woops]

is another way of putting it.

 

[Benny Bunter]

I thought you said looking up words was good?!

 

[luka]

thats different

 

[woops]

don't bother trying to argue with him @Benny B he will say hell is cold to win this kind of argument

 

[luka]

 

[luka]

meniscus is when liquid rises just above the rim of a container, "rim" being another Prynne word oddly

'"we travelled throughout the winter, often
sleeping in the desert on the snow except when
we were able to clear a place with out feet.
When there were no trees but only open country
we found ourselves many a time completely
covered with snow driven by the wind." That
sounds to me a rare privilege, watching
the descent down over the rim."

 

[luka]

just found this from a book called "internal resistance: the poetry of edward dorn". can't be a coincidence?


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