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Robert Hass
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Poetry and Terror: Some Notes on Coming to Jakarta
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prosody
(en)
(noun) the study of versification / (noun) the systematic study of metrical structure / (noun) a particular system, theory, or style of versification / (noun) the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language
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what a long poem needs is a prosody that will carry it when the writing isn’t especially brilliant
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what a long poem needs is a prosody that will carry it when the writing isn’t especially brilliant
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4 years, 10 months ago
prurient
(en)
(adj) having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
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the tacitly prurient masks behind which European ethnography expressed its fascination with the bodies of the people they were exploiting or hoped to exploit
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the tacitly prurient masks behind which European ethnography expressed its fascination with the bodies of the people they were exploiting or hoped to exploit
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4 years, 10 months ago
lugubrious
(en)
(adjective) mournful / (adjective) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful / (adjective) dismal
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with its lugubrious pose
I always think this means drunken or something lol
strange
4 years, 10 months ago
with its lugubrious pose
I always think this means drunken or something lol
strange
4 years, 10 months ago