Poet Poe pens nonsense verse. "Plus...phun," puns Uly, "I disburse." Its gamut runs from spam to worse. The po'sy posted...? Poe's diverse -- most, postcards from his universe, replies to grudges he must nurse. My summary...? Let me be terse: a mitzva, mostly. (Not a curse.)
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Friday, April 26, 2019
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Aesop Channel'd 'n' Chopp'd: Array Ten
Critics have suggested that "condoled" or "consoled" be substituted for the fable's "cajol'd," but no mss have been found to support such readings. In any case, the moral, that the gold is useless if never used, remains the same.
Cott is an abbreviation for Cotta who, as the second frame's footnote states, is the archetypal miser appearing in a satirical epistle by 18th-century poet Alexander Pope.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Aesop Channel'd 'n' Chopp'd: Array Eight
The J fable's Perry Index number is #364.
The K fable's Perry Index number is #44. The specifics of the fable are from a later revised version of that number's text.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Aesop Channel'd 'n' Chopp'd: Array Seven
The Perry Index number for this fable is #285.
The text for the second panel in this array has puzzled many a critic. Why "Shan't be troll'd"? What sort of diety would it be who would consider prayer addressed to it as trolling? Alternate texts are found in various earlier mss of the whole composition -- "Uncajoled," "Remains cold," and "You're on hold" being but a few of the less outre. In any case, on what basis the selection extant was ultimately made remains something of a mystery.
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