1. texative
A student asked me if they could use this work to describe themselves for an assignment. Of course! I love this word. It seems to really describe our youth today because they prefer texting to talking.
2. "in a hell / Not hell but earth" (Beowulf)
I am really drawn to this repetition. See next item.
3. "an old man sits netting,/ his net" or " herring / while he waits for a herring boat" (Elizabeth Bishop from "At the Fishhouses")
Something about this repetition in relation to Beowulf seems beautifully archaic. Even the repetition of "h" in Fishhouses just seems awkward in an interesting way.
4. "And his heart laughed, he relished the sight" (Beowulf)
My students related this to Grendel walking into the Golden Corral. A human trough.
Hugo says, "If you like the sound of a word in a line, repeat it in the next." Also, Basho and other fine haiku writers do this often. Sort of like this:
ReplyDeleteA man raking leaves
waves to me
with his rake.