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View Full Version : Title: Tiresias Before the Second Strike. Would appreciate any opinion. TY.


armen_r10
10-11-2009, 10:04 PM
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Pendragon
10-12-2009, 08:05 AM
O pray to our Lord for one more strike,
O only once more, for one to end our Seven Years.



Note: Do you think I should illiminate the "O"s? Or at least one or two of them?I would eliminate these two O's... The other two are kinda for emphasis
armen_r10
10-12-2009, 04:38 PM
I would eliminate these two O's... The other two are kinda for emphasis


Yeah, thanks. So many "O"s sounds a little cheesy. Think I'll eliminate all but the last one.
Buh4Bee
10-13-2009, 08:16 PM
Who is speaking in this poem or is there more than one voice? Are you referring to Zeus and Hera when she blinded Tiresias?

Maybe its clear, but I don't see it. If it is, a few will get on to prove that they get it.
armen_r10
10-13-2009, 11:41 PM
Who is speaking in this poem or is there more than one voice? Are you referring to Zeus and Hera when she blinded Tiresias?

Maybe its clear, but I don't see it. If it is, a few will get on to prove that they get it.

It's Tiresias speaking, but I thought he can be a symbolizing some others, too. The blinding of Tiresias happens after he has been metamorphosed to a male again. This is before his second metamorphosis. He was turned to a woman, and in this poem still is a woman.

I might be getting to thsi conclusions because I wrote the poem, though. That's why I want to know other's interpretation of it.

Thanks, anyway.
Buh4Bee
10-14-2009, 07:27 AM
Yes! No I can see that Tiresias is a women. The confusion came to me when I wasn't sure if he/she was speaking as the others. It actually makes complete sense to me. I like this poems.
Buh4Bee
10-14-2009, 07:30 AM
You may be interested in this poem:

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47507