Talk:This Be The Verse
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[edit] This Article Is Terrible
The whole thing reads like a college freshman's short essay assignment, and a bad one at that, with all kinds of idiotic rhetorical strategies that have nothing to do with an encyclopedia. Who cares why this poem "may be so memorable?" And why on Earth would an encyclopedia article end with a question mark? What is it with all the unsubstantiated claims on any number of meaningless points? Who cares if a poem has entered the "oral tradition?" Poetry practically IS the oral tradition. I am taking the liberty of at least making this article acceptable. Hopefully others will fix it, or deserves to be deleted entirely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.57.121.130 (talk) 04:04, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
- Yes I agree. Firstly, its total rubbish and secondly - and laughably - it counts as original research. Ditch the whole thing... BUT... The link at the bottom is good! Maybe it needs moving to the main Larkin article Almost-instinct 21:18, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Photo?
A photo of Syd & Eva Larkin (pre-copyright; scanned in from one of the biographies?) would be a perfect complement to this article. –Hajor 14:43, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Next time I'm at the library, I'll see if one is available. Smerdis of Tlön 15:35, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Pounds, Shillings, and Pence
What is the poem/underground nursery rhyme "Pounds, Shillings, and Pence" referred to in this article? --Metropolitan90 01:59, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
- Pounds, shillings, and pence;
a man fell over a fence.
He fell on a lady
and squashed out a baby,
pounds, shillings, and pence.- Smerdis of Tlön 05:28, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Can you not put the actual poem within the article?!
I tried editing the page to do this and then found it had been taken off when i checked a day later.
If you can't cite the poem in the article for copyright reasons, can there then be a prominent link to the poem on another site that does cite it? There's no actual link to any such page that i can see.
Thanks, Ethendras.
Unless there are copyright reasons then the poem should be here. Power-mad admins may disagree that an article about a poem should not actually include the poem.
Bobby —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.156.36.120 (talk) 11:30, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
- given that Larkin is only 23 years dead, I would imagine that the inheritors of Larkin's estate are still collecting copyright on his poems Almost-instinct 21:11, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Biblical Allusion
I've added a note on the biblical allusion. I've included a quotation of Exodus 20:5. The phrase, "visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children," also occurs in Exodus 34:7, Numbers 14:18, Deuteronomy 5:8, and Jeremiah 32:18. Tatwell 23:29, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
