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Post by PAWS on Jan 29, 2006 16:31:50 GMT
4. Lower . . immediately
6. Her ladies Mary Rogers brought (?!)
7. ... glum ... support
8. Handing lifebelts ...
9. The last was for herself
11. When one lady she spied (?)
12. ... Off went
15. ... her steps retraced
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Post by Ann on Jan 29, 2006 18:21:02 GMT
Is this a record?!
Cathrin, you were right, it was a ladle.
Between the 3 of us we've almost finished it. That was quite a sprint for the line Graham!
Do you think line 11 is:
When lo! one lady she spied. That would make it scan and I feel the low e is significant.
Still can't work out that plant though. You feel it's something along the lines of "Concerting each to give support", but I can't come up with anything that fits the picture of the plant minus a t and an s. I'm also wondering if the -s could actually be "less" to make it something like "Concerting each with tireless support" except there are too many syllables then.
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Post by PAWS on Jan 29, 2006 23:13:12 GMT
line 1 I can get O God is this the
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is this third
OR . . . death
but the end is untidy
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Post by Ann on Jan 29, 2006 23:45:43 GMT
How about
"Oh God is this their death to die?!
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Post by PAWS on Jan 30, 2006 10:24:49 GMT
That works.
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Post by Ann on Jan 30, 2006 11:07:41 GMT
Isn't it exasperating being left with one missing word?! We seem to be 2 syllables short in that line.
The only other thing is that while most of the lines have 8 syllables, there's still the odd one with less and I'm not sure if that's deliberate or if we've missed something.
Anyone any suggestions on punctuation?
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Post by PAWS on Jan 30, 2006 14:01:55 GMT
I suppose line 11 could be 'espied', which would scan, but I don't know where the extra 'e' comes from.
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Post by Ann on Jan 30, 2006 17:28:01 GMT
I suppose line 11 could be ' espied', which would scan, but I don't know where the extra 'e' comes from. I'm sure you're right; you automatically want to say "espied" when you read the line don't you! "s" is actually pronounced "es" and I'm wondering if that's where the extra "e" comes from. |
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Post by Ann on Jan 30, 2006 18:25:40 GMT
Perhaps the fruit in line 7 isn't a peach? But I'm getting no further forward with plum, apple or apricot!
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Post by Cathrin on Jan 30, 2006 18:31:16 GMT
No. I'm stuck now ... so close and yet so far  I was looking while I was at work, but cant log in there as I might get told off LOL, but nothing came to mind. |
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Post by Ann on Jan 30, 2006 20:31:38 GMT
"Concerting each with her support" scans and makes sense - sort of, but I can't reconcile it with the clues.
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Post by Ann on Jan 31, 2006 22:11:10 GMT
Is everyone finished with this one now? I confess, I gave up and looked up the answer. We're well out with line 7, so I won't post the solution just yet, in case anyone wants to look at the whole line afresh.
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Post by PAWS on Jan 31, 2006 22:59:46 GMT
I wouldn't be surprised to find that that's not a concertina, but still can't make sense of the middle bit anyway. Enough's enough?
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Post by Ann on Jan 31, 2006 23:06:36 GMT
OK, I'll wait and see if Cathrin feels the same.
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