[lbo-talk] Shakespeare

Alfred Landman landmana at yahoo.com
Fri Dec 7 13:11:14 PST 2007


Dough, why did you drop it ("...into my early 30s")? AL

Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote: On Dec 6, 2007, at 6:02 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> Like I say, Shakespeare is weird. These two lines reflect his
> difference
> from other poets in English: even when his words aren't saying much
> they
> somehow stick together so perfectly.

Back when I read a lot of poetry, from my teens into my early thirties, I always felt I was too young really to get Shakespeare - he was just too complex and profound. This sort of thing makes me think it's time to take another look.

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