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As you may have inferred from my past posts, I am a regular on a webcomic forum. The Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire forum, to be specific. It's a fun place to go, especially if you read the comic - plenty of pun and games for all, and a little bit of fairly-reasoned political debate as well.
One of the people I met through this forum has become a friend of mine on AIM as well. We have had a lot of fun in our chats, and he showed me a goodbye which I find quite striking. That is, the phrase "Wind to thy wings."
Those four words resonate with me. The metaphor of flying is a powerful one, made more powerful by the economy of the words. The use of the archaic "thy" adds to this by evoking the memory of classical English poetry. Still further, the alliterative form is strong, both in the accented 'wind' and 'wings', and the quick, light 'to thy' between.
Content and form working together. Simplicity and elegance. Poetry.
Wind to thy wings.
One of the people I met through this forum has become a friend of mine on AIM as well. We have had a lot of fun in our chats, and he showed me a goodbye which I find quite striking. That is, the phrase "Wind to thy wings."
Those four words resonate with me. The metaphor of flying is a powerful one, made more powerful by the economy of the words. The use of the archaic "thy" adds to this by evoking the memory of classical English poetry. Still further, the alliterative form is strong, both in the accented 'wind' and 'wings', and the quick, light 'to thy' between.
Content and form working together. Simplicity and elegance. Poetry.
Wind to thy wings.
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If you finish your grading before 12, call me - I'll be heading out to the dining hall then. If, at 12, it looks like you'll be awhile, call me - I'll get you a cheeseburger, fries, apple for lunch. If you finish shortly after 12 - leave a message, I'll check it when I get back.
By the way, you can go ahead and engrave my name on that metaphorical trophy right now. 'Cause you are going down.