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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Tom Clarke who wrote (80552)3/10/2004 10:02:29 AM
From: Poet  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
I agree with Pound on language knowledge. Lucky for me, I was a Romance Language major in college, so I've been able to read the likes of Dante and Neruda in the original. it makes a lot of difference, I think, to hear poetry in the language it was written.

That said, I wish I knew Polish so I could read Szymborksa, Japanese so I could read Basho.....