tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post1777817097905472327..comments2024-02-19T20:45:03.110-05:00Comments on Red Mug, Blue Linen : bring the flowers iiLaurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post-28596630515454737292013-02-10T11:17:37.843-05:002013-02-10T11:17:37.843-05:00I think any reference to brevity is only emphasise...I think any reference to brevity is only emphasised by a comparison with childhood. In that sense, the 'meaning' is that emphasis. In the example you present, which we take to invoke both genders, not only are their distinctions on the table of meaning, but their distinctions as relate to the awarding of a garland, and indeed possibly to its existence. In any imaginable range of reasonable interpretations, then, the underlying poignancy is enhanced. <br /><br />Mortality, being permanent, the writer would not consider the girl's offering to be incidental or revocable - do you suppose?Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post-65008560753035945992013-02-10T10:41:16.239-05:002013-02-10T10:41:16.239-05:00In an athlete dying young, what does it mean, '...In an athlete dying young, what does it mean, 'a garland briefer than a girls'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com