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  millipo25 8 months ago 1 point

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  Here is this guy who really takes care of his body; he lifts weights and jogs five miles every day.
  
  One morning, he looks into the mirror and admires his body. He notices that he is really sun tanned all over except one part and he decides to do something about it.
  
  He goes to the beach, completely undresses and buries himself in the dand except for the one part sticking out.
  
  Two little old ladies are strolling along the beach and one looks down and says, "There really is no justice in this world."
  
  The other little old lady says, "What do you mean?"
  
  The first little old lady says, "Look at that."
  
  "When I was 10 years old, I was afraid of it."
  
  "When I was 20 years old, I was curious about it."
  
  "When I was 30 years old, I enjoyed it."
  
  "When I was 40 years old, I asked for it."
  
  "When I was 50 years old, I paid for it."
  
  "When I was 60 years old, I prayed for it."
  
  "When I was 70 years old, I forgot about it."
  
  "And now that I'm 80, the damned things are growing wild!!"
  
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  dansumption 1 year ago 1 point

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  Hmm, seems I'm being invaded by interesting spam-bots. It's enough to loose [sic] my heart.
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  Boutique Hotels Sydney 1 year ago 1 point

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  What a thought "Dar, cook choclate shadow" .
  It can loose the heart of anyone.
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  Neat Receipts Scanner 5 months ago 1 point

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  I agree with you it loose my heart.
  Cool post.
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  Dan 1 year ago 1 point

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  Very good, but "ohne" means without, not "one" - I feel this
  fundamentally undermines your analysis.
  
  Also, I seem to remember that I spent ages dithering over "cooking
  chocolate" vs "cook's chocolate", before settling on "cook chocolate".
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  Suz 1 year ago 1 point

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  Yes, my 'ohne' translation cocks it right up, innit? English Lit, not German Lit. :-)
  
  Should now read: alliterative voiceless velar plosive
  
  You could hyphenate 'cook-chocolate' to avoid the intrusion of an implied or ambiguous possessive, or leave it as is for interesting mystery; Cooking Chocolate? The Cook's Chocolate? Hmmm.
  
  Anyway. Jolly nice,
  
  sue
  
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  Suz 1 year ago 1 point

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  'Her voice, singing,
  Baked in a land of brown, black and purple.
  Light, milk coffee clouds;
  Dark, cook chocolate shadows;
  Sparkle Stabs of Sugared Violet.
  
  Ohne Zucker Bitte.
  Kein Kandis."
  
  
  This 7 line poem, by Daniel Sumption, inspired by a song about treacle ( a sugar-based oleaginous comestible used especially in baking and desserts) speaks in the first line of a female voice singing, which reminds the narrator of colours, perhaps reminiscent of sweet times evoked by pleasant foods.
  
  In the second line, there is an allusion to baking, or perhaps of distant lands; the colours (of her voice) are of cakes and sweet things, or distant remembered landscapes, topped by light, milky clouds.
  
  The fourth line contrasts the lightness of the third with a darker motive: strong alliteration in 'cook chocolate' and a hint of assonance between 'chocolate' and 'shadow' further empower the metaphor. There's an almost tabloid-esque triple alliteration in 'Sparkle Stabs of Sugared Violet' to further home the empathy the author feels with the voice, singing so sweetly.
  
  Only in the last two lines does the author add a mischievous contrasting twist: 'Ohne Zucker Bitte.' (One sugar, please ), and an alliterative contradictory voiceless velar plosive in the last line: ' Kein Kandis (No sugar.)
  
  The poem could perhaps be a reminisce, a longing for welcoming domestic pleasures; the warm scent of baking, and the promise of pleasant, homely times.
  
  
  Susan Schofield
  
  1st Year OU Arts Student: Y160- 'Making Sense of the Arts' BA(Hons) English Lit.
  
  
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  dansumption 1 year ago 1 point

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  Very good, but "ohne" means without, not "one" - I feel this
  fundamentally undermines your analysis.
  
  Also, I seem to remember that I spent ages dithering over "cooking
  chocolate" vs "cook's chocolate", before settling on "cook chocolate".
  
  2009/7/1 Disqus <>:
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