tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post5463525251866353023..comments2023-11-14T15:11:35.669-05:00Comments on miriam's ideas: Words and musicmiriam sawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-24049104698707587982007-07-18T13:00:00.000-04:002007-07-18T13:00:00.000-04:00In translation to Russian, and only specifically b...In translation to Russian, and only specifically by one translator, S.Marshak. <BR/>Can't feel a thing when read it in English from a page.Tathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564586772783103627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-26204144165616702092007-07-18T10:40:00.000-04:002007-07-18T10:40:00.000-04:00tatyana: Prose is different. PS. Don't you appr...tatyana: Prose is different. PS. Don't you appreciate Shakespeare's poetry?miriam sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-59969431576658414582007-07-18T00:08:00.000-04:002007-07-18T00:08:00.000-04:00I remember part of a French poem I learned it high...I remember part of a French poem I learned it high school, it went:<BR/><BR/>Il pleu, Il pleu<BR/>Il fait du soleil.<BR/><BR/>And so on and so forth. It stuck for some reason.That Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774585558776452708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-90396479144724669162007-07-17T18:07:00.000-04:002007-07-17T18:07:00.000-04:00Well, I appreciate proze in foreign language, very...Well, I appreciate proze in foreign language, very much so. And I can appreciate poetry in Polish and Ukrainian, although I can't converse in either.<BR/>I'm sure I would be able to appreciate French poetry - if I knew a word of French - judging by translations to Russian and general melodism (is that a word?) of French.<BR/><BR/>afw: you know what's worse? Remembering punchlines of TV commercials 5 yrs past, like my son does - but not knowing a single poem by heart.Tathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564586772783103627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-81132475995868588862007-07-17T15:46:00.000-04:002007-07-17T15:46:00.000-04:00tatyana: It is difficult to appreciate poetry in ...tatyana: It is difficult to appreciate poetry in a foreign language. I can't appreciate French poetry, for instance.<BR/><BR/>afw: What could be more important than a song by Tiffany?miriam sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-56972001730737714752007-07-16T19:43:00.000-04:002007-07-16T19:43:00.000-04:00I remember songs all the time. I hate it - the fi...I remember songs all the time. I hate it - the first time I hummed along to something in the supermarket, I nearly committed Hari Kari.<BR/><BR/>And what really irritates me is that it seems that truly important things fall out of my brain in 2 seconds flat. But, good golly, I can remember all the words to Tiffany's "I Think We're Alone Now" !<BR/><BR/>That has got to be a sign of the Apocalypse.airforcewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533056105139492032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-34592783229380051862007-07-15T11:13:00.000-04:002007-07-15T11:13:00.000-04:00You must possess a singular talent, because Englis...You must possess a singular talent, because English-language poetry is so... unpoetic. <BR/>I wouldn't be able to memorise a single line of Yeats, f.ex., it's all unpronounceable. And no music, least of all in Pound's Cantos.<BR/><BR/>And yet, I know many Russian-speakers praising it. Unfathomable.Tathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564586772783103627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-82992046124535012082007-07-14T22:42:00.000-04:002007-07-14T22:42:00.000-04:00I do! But I'm not that great at remembering poetr...I do! But I'm not that great at remembering poetry probably because I read it and not heard it or something.That Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774585558776452708noreply@blogger.com