ENGL 3960 Lecture 3: What is a Book?
19 Jan 2017
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Private avoided print at all costs: poem 709 speaks specifically about publication, very direct repeated images of sale, against the idea of selling thoughts through books/print. Her sister and sister"s husband had control over her estate after her passing: saw poems they could publish, mediated to look like poems (ex. Took out dash: remains unclear of what the dash is. Uses dashes to end spaces allow line to take up more space in compositional field. Also knows meriam webster dictionary by heart: knows etymology history of each word clear understanding of what each word means and specific choice is important. I heard a fly buzz when i died . Speakers position unusual on deathbed. Something as insignificant as a fly can prevent speaker from seeing god. Look at biographical info, what happening in time period, at original form. Seems to be a love poem and the impossibility of their love. Creates an essay-like poem by including arguments.
