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20 July 2014

The thing about Poetry. so I've been getting into reading (and reflecting on) more poetry lately. And I saw something interesting--you know, that Larkin poem, "They f- you up, your mum and dad / They may not mean to, but they do"?--the other day Rachel Maddow[More:]

Tweeted this:

NYT almost commits accidental haiku: "They frizz your hair, these humid days. They do not mean to but they do" http://goo.gl/DwXsBp


So she wasn't aware that it was a rewriting of the Larkin line, but what's funny is that the sound of Larkin's poetry--through his meter, repetition, diction, whatever it is--came through so strongly to Maddow that she saw this sentence, uprooted, reshaped and de-contextualized, and still thought to herself: "this sounds very close to poetry." The rhythm is too strong.
Hmmm ... I'm not sure I'm persuaded that she's unaware it's a reworking of This Be The Verse, given her level of education.
posted by Senyar 22 July | 14:38
She wouldn't call it an "accidental haiku" if she recognized that it was from another poem though.

But it does make me wonder if she's aware of this: Times Haiku, a bot that actually analyzes syllables in stories and finds actual accidental haikus.
posted by Firas 22 July | 15:36
I had also been wondering about my hair feeling frizzy lately actually and wondering why it would happen as the weather is getting cooler and rainier. I wasn't aware that humidity did that.
posted by Firas 22 July | 15:38
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