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Animal Farm
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Not only in epochs barbarian
But likewise in times libertarian
Swine climb to the top.
That might come to a stop
If non-Swine were less vegetarian.
Not only in epochs barbarian
But likewise in times libertarian
Swine climb to the top.
That might come to a stop
If non-Swine were less vegetarian.
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June 30, 2013
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Jul 03, 2022 07:18AM
"There were only a stop?" I'm not following the use of the past tense here. Do you think it means "there'd be only a stop?"
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Yes, but then it would be "there'd only be a stop", and this would knock up the rhythm, and so I decided to have the past subjunctive in both parts of the if sentence.
One might change it, on second thoughts, into "This might come to a stop".
Tristram wrote: "Yes, but then it would be "there'd only be a stop", and this would knock up the rhythm, and so I decided to have the past subjunctive in both parts of the if sentence."You can put the "be" first to keep the rhythm. That's correct English, esp in a poem: "There'd be only a stop"
"This might come to a stop" is a good choice!
Thanks, Berengaria! I changed the line now.
Wow, that is the shortest review using the shortest words you ever wrote.
It most certainly is. Maybe, I should more often resort to poetry as this seems to keep my reviews shorter.
