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fandomsecrets2013-12-06 06:50 pm
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Re: What is a cool form of poetry that you like?
“Now that he is in grave condition,
My uncle, decorous old dunce,
Has won respectful recognition;
And done the perfect thing for once.
His action be a guide to others;
But what a bore, I ask you, brothers,
To tend a patient night and day
And venture not a step away:
Is there hypocrisy more glaring
Than to amuse one all but dead,
Shake up the pillow for his head,
Dose him with melancholy bearing,
And think behind a public sigh:
‘Deuce take you, step on it and die!’”
I don't read the translations of Onegin that do not mimic the original in this regard. I think it kind of defeats the purpose. This work is supposed to be glib, an easy read that one could recite aloud the way they'd be saying a speech.
On a related note, it irks me when people misquote the "to love both young and old surrender" bit. That's not how it goes. The next line literally starts with "but...".
Re: What is a cool form of poetry that you like?
Re: What is a cool form of poetry that you like?