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Old 01-15-2014, 08:39 AM   #78
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
Here's an example of the original Shakespeare followed by Shakespeare translated into the current vernacular:


that's not a translation into current vernacular, it's a translation from verses into (minutely explained) prose

poetry is really impenetrable to some. the beauty of it lies in the interpretation of the ideas therein, not in giving right away yet another story with characters and scenes mechanically described for voracious pac-man readers
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