{"id":656,"date":"2016-02-03T12:38:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T11:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elizabethanpartsongs.nl\/wordpress\/?page_id=656"},"modified":"2016-08-09T13:04:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T11:04:20","slug":"analyze-this","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethanpartsongs.nl\/wordpress\/the-art-of-understanding\/the-art-of-making-sense\/analyze-this\/","title":{"rendered":"analyze this"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no harm in checking things out by doing some wordsubstitution, but if a conclusive result involves leaving no stone unturned, the deployment of logic is the more practical option. And because all the necessary information is by now provided for, deploying logic also is the only way to get Dickinson\u2019s message. With the right starting point, you will surely manage :<\/span><\/p>\n

if \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0‘Oh\u2019 \u00a0 \u00a0= \u00a0 \u00a0the key to correct interpretation<\/span>
\nand \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2018Oh\u2019 \u00a0 \u00a0= \u00a0 \u00a0the key to turn down a metaphor of death<\/span>
\nthen \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u2018Oh\u2019 \u00a0 \u00a0= \u00a0 \u00a0the key to turn Death himself into a metaphor\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Death is quite common as love\u2019s metaphor, and under such an elaborate cover it has to be the love song\u2019s one and only linchpin metaphor. No question about it. But it still covers something up, and Dickinson\u2019s comma is the key to find\u00a0out that<\/span><\/p>\n

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You can\u2019t be much wrong. Provided that you haven\u2019t been tempted into explaining the second line\u2019s (in)consistent grammar away as a cosmetic necessity. That would have got you on the wrong foot from the start. And if you have thus been prevented from regarding \u2018too tender\u2019 with the appropriate distrust, give it another try. If necessary by rewriting each single line in the light of that sneaky detail :<\/span><\/p>\n

– Let down the Bars, Oh Death \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0: \u00a0…………………………………………………………………………….<\/p>\n

– The tired flocks come in \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 :\u00a0\u00a0…………………………………………………………………………….<\/span><\/p>\n

– Whose … repeat \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 :\u00a0\u00a0…………………………………………………………………………….<\/span><\/p>\n

– Whose wandering is done \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0……………………………………………………………………………<\/span><\/p>\n

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– Thine is the stillest night \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 :\u00a0\u00a0…………………………………………………………………………….<\/span><\/p>\n

– Thine the securest Fold \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0:\u00a0\u00a0…………………………………………………………………………….<\/span><\/p>\n

– Too near … seeking Thee \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 :\u00a0\u00a0…………………………………………………………………………….<\/span><\/p>\n

– Too tender, to be told \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 :\u00a0\u00a0…………………………………………………………………………….<\/span><\/p>\n

Only when you have abandoned all hope to advance without a guide, time has come to consider the discovery route alongside these dotted lines. In case you have cracked the riddle, this route is as interesting as the solution of last week\u2019s crosswords in today\u2019s newspaper. Therefore follow the arrows of preference :
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– – –<\/span>\u00a0to the next part of this paper<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0to the discovery route<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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