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Posted by trouble on March 18, 2002, at 21:11:53
Who said this, (and why is it significant in a literary sense?)
"My mind's not right."
go!
Posted by Mark H. on March 18, 2002, at 21:18:49
In reply to important pop quiz, posted by trouble on March 18, 2002, at 21:11:53
Robert Lowell, "Skunk Hour," of course.
The first poem I was ever asked to explicate. I couldn't then; I still can't.
Mark H.
Posted by Zo on March 18, 2002, at 21:27:02
In reply to important pop quiz, posted by trouble on March 18, 2002, at 21:11:53
Posted by trouble on March 18, 2002, at 21:45:41
In reply to Re: important pop quiz, posted by Mark H. on March 18, 2002, at 21:18:49
Yup, the *other* significant thing being that these words launched the school of Confessional Poetry.
Rue the day!!!!
trouble
Posted by Mark H. on March 18, 2002, at 21:53:07
In reply to O The Mortification, posted by trouble on March 18, 2002, at 21:45:41
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/lowell/skunk.htm
Huh? So there's a skunk in his garbage... I don't get it. ;-)
Mark H.
Posted by trouble on March 18, 2002, at 22:37:53
In reply to Re: O The Mortification, posted by Mark H. on March 18, 2002, at 21:53:07
> http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/g_l/lowell/skunk.htm
>
> Huh? So there's a skunk in his garbage... I don't get it. ;-)
>
> Mark H.
Oh, I don't have time to read all that right now dear, maybe later. I have a feeling that Phil could use an encouraging word from you tonight, sounds like he's doing battle w/ the whole useless goddamn thing.trouble
Posted by IsoM on March 18, 2002, at 23:56:11
In reply to important pop quiz, posted by trouble on March 18, 2002, at 21:11:53
Hasn't at least half the world's population said that???
I can see the literary sense is when one's forced to read a very convoluted work & while my brain richochets about inside my head, I exclaim, "My brains not right!!" and "Neither is the brain of the person who wrote this!!"
I guess my version isn't the right one though. :-(
Posted by Zo on March 19, 2002, at 0:29:19
In reply to O The Mortification, posted by trouble on March 18, 2002, at 21:45:41
You're just being polite. My answer was *not* spot on. But thank you.
love,
Zo
Posted by trouble on March 19, 2002, at 1:16:29
In reply to Re: important pop quiz » trouble, posted by IsoM on March 18, 2002, at 23:56:11
Dag, IsoM, I don't know if you were just musing on your post or if you're sincerely offering me an opportunity to make shit up and call it scholarship. Well heck, if I remember correctly (HAH!!!!!)
my mind's not right
was the first first-person admission of madness in modern poetry, and as such marks the beginning of the New Confessionals, otherwise known as lunatics, aka "OUR KIND."
BTW, you've got mail, woman.
trouble
Posted by Cass on March 19, 2002, at 1:32:17
In reply to O The Mortification, posted by trouble on March 18, 2002, at 21:45:41
"I disolved in the sea, became white sails and flying spray, became beauty and rhthym, became moonlight and the ship and the high dim-starred sky! I belonged, without past or future, within peace and unity and wild joy, within something greater than my own life, or the life of Man, or life itself! To God, if you want to put it that way."
Posted by trouble on March 19, 2002, at 1:51:11
In reply to New quiz, posted by Cass on March 19, 2002, at 1:32:17
Posted by beardedlady on March 19, 2002, at 6:38:01
In reply to New quiz, posted by Cass on March 19, 2002, at 1:32:17
Posted by trouble on March 19, 2002, at 8:42:38
In reply to New quiz, posted by Cass on March 19, 2002, at 1:32:17
Posted by Cass on March 19, 2002, at 12:52:22
In reply to Eugene O'Neill; Long Day's Journey Into Night. (nm), posted by beardedlady on March 19, 2002, at 6:38:01
I'm really impressed. That was a hard one!!
Posted by Cass on March 19, 2002, at 13:08:05
In reply to Eugene O'Neill; Long Day's Journey Into Night. (nm), posted by beardedlady on March 19, 2002, at 6:38:01
Here are two quotes from the same book
1st quote:
"My needlepoint teacher suffered from a problem of vision. She recognised things according to expectation and environment. If you were in a particular place, you expected to see a particular thing. Sheep and hills, sea and fish; if there was an elephant in the supermarket, she'd either not see it at all or call it Mrs. Jones and talk about fishcakes. But most likely she'd do what most people do when confronted with something they don't understand: Panic."
2nd quote:
"Of course people mutilate and modify, but these are fallen powers, and to change something you do not understand is the true nature of evil."
Posted by IsoM on March 19, 2002, at 13:44:38
In reply to conundrum dedum dedum, posted by trouble on March 19, 2002, at 1:16:29
Trouble, I was just having a difficult period where I mumble "my mind's not working" over & over to myself. I said to a friend "I'll never be normal" & she said back "who is?" She didn't get the guist of what I was trying to say. I wasn't trying to say 'I'm not average' - I wouldn't want to be. But so many times, I think I don't even fit within the 'bell curve' of what's normal. Just an outburst of frustration over never seeming to stick to anything organised for longer than a fly's memory span.
Posted by IsoM on March 19, 2002, at 13:48:15
In reply to Okay, this one is really hard., posted by Cass on March 19, 2002, at 13:08:05
Jeannette Winterson in "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit"
Posted by hrtlm on March 19, 2002, at 14:05:59
In reply to important pop quiz, posted by trouble on March 18, 2002, at 21:11:53
Posted by Cass on March 19, 2002, at 19:22:27
In reply to Re: Okay, this one is really hard. » Cass, posted by IsoM on March 19, 2002, at 13:48:15
I wasn't sure anyone would get that. Wow.
Posted by IsoM on March 19, 2002, at 19:27:52
In reply to IsoM, I'm very impressed. » IsoM, posted by Cass on March 19, 2002, at 19:22:27
Don't be, but thanks.
One of my skills is able to track down almost any info, about almost anything, ever written or known. Friends wanted me to go on Jeopardy or Do You Want to be a Millionaire.
Wish I could put it to use & get a job using it, though. Could bill myself as an Multipurpose Information Finder. You should've seen the references I came up with for papers written for university classes. Nobody knew how I got them, but I find nothing special about it.
Posted by Cass on March 19, 2002, at 23:58:46
In reply to Re: IsoM, I'm very impressed. » Cass, posted by IsoM on March 19, 2002, at 19:27:52
Had your read "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" or did you somehow find the quotes some other way? Do you have a great memory or a great gift for research or both?
Posted by IsoM on March 20, 2002, at 0:30:48
In reply to Re: IsoM, I'm very impressed. » IsoM, posted by Cass on March 19, 2002, at 23:58:46
No, I hadn't read her work before, but it is striking. I think I'll give it a look. It's how I often get reading something - some words catch my eye & I want to know more. There's a song Sinead O'Connor does called Raglan Road. It's beautifully haunting, so I searched for the author of the lyrics, read up on him, & now want to get some of his poetry to see if his other stuff matches Raglan Road.
I have the crappiest memory for what I hear. By the time you're telling me the third in a list of things, I've forgotten the first two. But if I read it, it lasts much longer, & if I write it down, it's with me almost forever. BUT I have to be interested, otherwise in & out.
I am really good at tracking down info. Sort of an obsession with me. I'm an information freak - I can't stand not knowing something. Just this afternoon, I got thinking about why there's so many different kinds of nails. So what did I do? Had to look up on the net the reason, & read about the different sorts & what they're used for. I'll probably never need to use the knowledge but I wanted to know.
Posted by beardedlady on March 20, 2002, at 5:44:19
In reply to Re: Research And Memory » Cass, posted by IsoM on March 20, 2002, at 0:30:48
I know this is like giving away the end to a movie, but maybe I'm being a good Sam by letting you in on the English teacher's plagiarism secret: You can find any quote that anyone has ever liked by typing a few words of it (usually in quotes, if you trust the source to be a good speller and punctuator) in Google. I say "ever liked" because not everything published is on the internet, so it's often found on a site designed by someone who's a fan of the author.
Just so you know: I only answered the ones I already knew (other strings). As a writing and lit major (and now an English teacher), I have a lot of useless trivia in this unusual mind.
I hope I didn't spoil the game. At the same time, the playing field was probably not level, since many of us know this trick, and many of us don't.
Gosh. Now I know what it feels like to be a party pooper. (I am hanging my head in shame, walking home from the kickball field, kicking the dirt up with my new white Jack Purcells. Once in a while, I turn around and look at you all with this pitiful, sad puss, waiting for you to feel sorry for me and tell me to come back in play.)
: (> beardy
Posted by IsoM on March 20, 2002, at 13:23:19
In reply to Re: Research or Memory: A Secret, posted by beardedlady on March 20, 2002, at 5:44:19
Exactly! A person may have the wording a little different so that you have to figure out what the words actually are, but it's not hard. That's why I don't think I should answer unless I actually do remember it. Funny - still many people have trouble finding things on the internet??? I'm also great at finding & understanding science articles & sources, to explain in more "layman's" language for others.
C'mon back & play with us, beardy! I promise just to answer what I really do know.
Posted by Cass on March 20, 2002, at 13:43:21
In reply to Re: Research or Memory: A Secret » beardedlady, posted by IsoM on March 20, 2002, at 13:23:19
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