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Discussion Groups / English Usage / April 2008"Woe to his sight"
Is "woe to his sight" correct usage of English? I need to know for a poem I'm writing. > Is "woe to his sight" correct usage of English? I need to know for a > poem I'm writing. It doesn't seem likely but we'd really benefit from the wider context - poetic licence and all that  SignatureJohn Dean Oxford > It doesn't seem likely but we'd really benefit from the wider context > - poetic licence and all that This Bully made humans in the interest of pleasure He made us with siblings and fathers and mothers But woe to his sight as he had finished his plan For he could not create one without creating all others. > > It doesn't seem likely but we'd really benefit from the wider context > > - poetic licence and all that [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > But woe to his sight as he had finished his plan > For he could not create one without creating all others. I could make sense of a third line like this: But woe was his plight as he finished his plan I'd also re-write the other lines: This Bully made humans to liven His pleasure. He gave us a way we could then create others. But woe was His plight when He finished his plan, For warfare divided the sisters and brothers. -- Aloha ~~~ Ozzie Maland ~~~ San Diego >>> It doesn't seem likely but we'd really benefit from the wider >>> context - poetic licence and all that [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > But woe was His plight when He finished his plan, > For warfare divided the sisters and brothers. Yeah. Or maybe a third line like "But woeful the sight when ..." or even "But woeful his plight when ..." SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >>>> It doesn't seem likely but we'd really benefit from the wider >>>> context - poetic licence and all that [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Or maybe a third line like "But woeful the sight when ..." or even > "But woeful his plight when ..." While we're doing Eden, cop hold of this, with bonus translations into Continonkal. Ted at his craziest, sanest, and maybe best: http://ndirty.cute.fi/~karttu/tekstit/appleall.htm SignatureMike. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** >>>>> It doesn't seem likely but we'd really benefit from the wider >>>>> context - poetic licence and all that [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Continonkal. Ted at his craziest, sanest, and maybe best: > http://ndirty.cute.fi/~karttu/tekstit/appleall.htm My oath, Babelfish has come on in leaps and bounds since I last used it. SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >>>>>> It doesn't seem likely but we'd really benefit from the wider >>>>>> context - poetic licence and all that [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > My oath, Babelfish has come on in leaps and bounds since I last used > it. Ruddy oath*. Mind you, the pome is already in Pluto traduction-freundlich inglès. *I really must cultivate "my oath!" and its variants. My old man used to say "Ruddy oath!" a lot, and I've only just realized I like it. "My colonial oath!" is probably a stage too far, though. SignatureMike. ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** > Is "woe to his sight" correct usage of English? I need to know for a > poem I'm writing. I have no clue of what it might mean. SignatureSkitt I may not understand what you say, but I'll defend to your death my right to deny it. --Albert Alligator Skitt filted: >> Is "woe to his sight" correct usage of English? I need to know for a >> poem I'm writing. > >I have no clue of what it might mean. It's a softer way of saying "damn his eyes!"...r SignatureWhat good is being an executive if you never get to execute anyone? > > Is "woe to his sight" correct usage of English? I need to know for a > > poem I'm writing. > > I have no clue of what it might mean. We have to use a bit of imagination: e.g. we might write that something woeful like a battlefield presented "woe to his sight." SH's actual lines >> He made us with siblings and fathers and mothers >> But woe to his sight as he had finished his plan >> For he could not create one without creating all others. seem to invite revision, e.g. (1) >> But woe to his sight as he had finished his plan would scan rather better if it read >> But woe to his sight as he finished his plan (2) These lines seem not quite to say what the author intends, e.g. "finishing his plan" has a meaning different from "finishing his work" (as seems intended here.) SignatureDon Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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