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Hi, PE. If you have time, you might want to take a look at my short poem "Ishmael" that was published online @ Bewilderingstories.com in this week's Issue 1103. The poem was inspired by "Moby Dick." There's also a brief reference to the poem and its connection to Melville's novel in this issue's "Critics Corner."
Hi Gary! Oh, I certainly will, right away: I'm keen on these nautical (mis)adventures, thanks for the reference, much appreciated!
Safe aboard, the rescued Ishmael breaks his silence,
carving memories in scrimshaw.
This is a fine verse if there is any! An arresting image!
Unsurprisingly and fittingly, Exodus 15:7-8 is quoted as an epigraph:
“In the greatness of your majesty
you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
it consumed them like stubble.
By the blast of your nostrils
the waters piled up.
The surging waters stood up like a wall;
the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
Unsurprisingly and fittingly, Exodus 15:7-8 is quoted as an epigraph:
“In the greatness of your majesty
you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
it consumed them like stubble.
By the blast of your nostrils
the waters piled up.
The surging waters stood up like a wall;
the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea."
P.E. wrote: "Hi Gary! Oh, I certainly will, right away: I'm keen on these nautical (mis)adventures, thanks for the reference, much appreciated!"
Thanks for reading, P.E. Melville's novel is filled with Biblical allusions. See also, for example, Father Mapple's sermon on Jonah & the "great fish."
Definitely! I vividly remember how suffused it was with those, adding an extra interpretative layer to the text, and an interesting one at that! :) It is also responsible for the epic tone of many parts in this sperm-whale-sized novel :)
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Hi, PE. If you have time, you might want to take a look at my short poem "Ishmael" that was published online @ Bewilderingstories.com in this week's Issue 1103. The poem was inspired by "Moby Dick." There's also a brief reference to the poem and its connection to Melville's novel in this issue's "Critics Corner."
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Hi Gary! Oh, I certainly will, right away: I'm keen on these nautical (mis)adventures, thanks for the reference, much appreciated!
Safe aboard, the rescued Ishmael breaks his silence,carving memories in scrimshaw.
This is a fine verse if there is any! An arresting image!
Unsurprisingly and fittingly, Exodus 15:7-8 is quoted as an epigraph:“In the greatness of your majesty
you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
it consumed them like stubble.
By the blast of your nostrils
the waters piled up.
The surging waters stood up like a wall;
the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.
Unsurprisingly and fittingly, Exodus 15:7-8 is quoted as an epigraph:“In the greatness of your majesty
you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;
it consumed them like stubble.
By the blast of your nostrils
the waters piled up.
The surging waters stood up like a wall;
the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea."
P.E. wrote: "Hi Gary! Oh, I certainly will, right away: I'm keen on these nautical (mis)adventures, thanks for the reference, much appreciated!"Thanks for reading, P.E. Melville's novel is filled with Biblical allusions. See also, for example, Father Mapple's sermon on Jonah & the "great fish."
Definitely! I vividly remember how suffused it was with those, adding an extra interpretative layer to the text, and an interesting one at that! :) It is also responsible for the epic tone of many parts in this sperm-whale-sized novel :)
