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Discussion Groups / English Usage / February 2010Frost: on to
Hello: Do you think we're talking about an "on to=onto" here? "Our faltering few steps on To white rest" Also, does it indicate position ("on") or direction ("toward")? ----- Stars How countlessly they congregate O'er our tumultuous snow, Which flows in shapes as tall as trees When wintry winds do blow!-- As if with keenness for our fate, Our faltering few steps on To white rest, and a place of rest Invisible at dawn,-- ... Robert Frost, p. 9 http://plagiarist.com/poetry/739 ---- -- Thanks. Marius Hancu >Hello: > >Do you think we're talking about an "on to=onto" here? No. >"Our faltering few steps on >To white rest" > >Also, does it indicate position ("on") or direction ("toward")? It's like "toward", but with the implication of actually ending up there. >----- >Stars [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >http://plagiarist.com/poetry/739 >---- > Hello: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Also, does it indicate position ("on") or direction ("toward")? I'd say you can understand "on" as "onward". If you're working through Frost chronologically, I think you'll find some improvement when you finish with /A Boy's Will/. And just skip "My Butterfly". > ----- > Stars [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > ... > Robert Frost, p. 9http://plagiarist.com/poetry/739 -- Jerry Friedman > > Do you think we're talking about an "on to=onto" here? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > I'd say you can understand "on" as "onward". A, great point. Makes sense. > If you're working through Frost chronologically, I think you'll find > some improvement when you finish with /A Boy's Will/. And just skip > "My Butterfly". Too much to ask. Can't read poetry chronologically. Mostly on impulse. But thanks for the pointer. > > ----- > > Stars [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > ... > > Robert Frost, p. 9http://plagiarist.com/poetry/739 -- Thanks. Marius Hancu > I'd say you can understand "on" as "onward". Would you say the same for: --- Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. p. 105 http://www.amandashome.com/road.html --- Thus "on to" here would mean "onward to?" -- Thanks. Marius Hancu >> I'd say you can understand "on" as "onward". > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks. > Marius Hancu I would say it is "lead on" - same meaning, but the 'on' is part of the phrasal verb "lead on".  SignatureCheryl > >> I'd say you can understand "on" as "onward". > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I would say it is "lead on" - same meaning, but the 'on' is part of the > phrasal verb "lead on". Ah, that's esp good for my 1st posting. Thanks. Marius Hancu |
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