Comments on: badminton rules doubles serving

By: notevenanargument

notevenanargument — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:29:35 +0000

You’ve been shown a pattern, a meaning-constituted-and-in-dialectical-turn-meaning-making structure, of perceiving/thinking verbs in The Snow Man, a pattern which governs, as it were, the actual meanings that the poem could mean: a “rule arising from within” The Snow Man.You must show how this rule is not a ‘rule arising from within’ the poem.You’ve been shown two literary/linguistic rules that have a special character – a ‘poetic’ character – when they’re used in the heightened or distilled or clarifying or vivifying language of a poem. If you’re going to say that rules in a poem are not rules of that poem, and, more generally, that because they’re also rules outside “poetry”, that they’re not rules also of poetry, then you must show how these are not “rules of that poem” and “rules of poetry”.['Returning the ball inside the lines on the other side of the net' is a rule of tennis; it's also a rule of badminton. Rules in two different games can be the same rule and yet different rules.]You’ve been shown the rule of lineation, a rule that obtains in the case, for example, of The Snow Man. You again claim (inclusively) that the lines in this poem are arbitrary, whimsical, capricious, or, now, irrelevant. This list does not pertain to the lineation of The Snow Man – your claim is wrong, and you must show how it is not: show how the lines in The Snow Man are arbitrarily, whimsically, capriciously, or irrelevantly chosen, or that the lineation works arbitrarily, whimsically, capriciously, or irrelevantly.You’ve been shown that and (in a small way) how rules for a free-verse poem “arise from within” the poem. You must show how you’ve not been shown this rule-government.(I’ll bet an analogy to this show me is crossing your mind right now, one that involves explaining, as you march towards the horizon, the ever-’newly’-visible features at the horizon you approach . . .)

By: ladybug

ladybug — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:43:16 +0000

Glad you enjoy playing badminton. Badminton rules!

By: ~ Sil in Corea

~ Sil in Corea — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:50:57 +0000

Just as an educated guess, I'd say 'without let or hinderance' means 'without bumping into an obstacle or being held back.' I'm thinking of the tennis and badminton rules where you have to replay a serve that hits the net in a certain way.

I know what you mean about 'waddling' first thing in the morning. The first few minutes after arising, I'm a bit 'unsteady on me pins.' The first cuppa usually changes my gait from duck-like to humanoid.

Seize the day and savor it! Your last sunny day has finally made it to the far side of the Eurasian landmass.
Hugs, ~ Sil

By: MR_I_LOVE_MONEY

MR_I_LOVE_MONEY — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:52:55 +0000

Olympic Badminton rules say that the birdie has to have exactly fourteen feathers. #sportsfacts

By: MR_I_LOVE_MONEY

MR_I_LOVE_MONEY — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 02:06:23 +0000

Olympic Badminton rules say that the birdie has to have exactly fourteen feathers. #sportsfacts

By: ladybug

ladybug — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:38:52 +0000

Glad you enjoy playing badminton. Badminton rules!

By: ladybug

ladybug — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:15:27 +0000

Glad you enjoy playing badminton. Badminton rules!

By: FIAR

FIAR — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:57:36 +0000

1. Fitch is incapable of sleep.
2. Olympic badminton rules say that Fitch must have exactly fourteen feathers.
3. Half a cup of Fitch contains only seventeen calories.
4. It can take Fitch several days to move just through one tree.
5. Fitch is the only one of the original Seven Wonders of the World that still survives!
6. Two grams of Fitch provide enough energy to power a television for over twenty-three hours.
7. If you break Fitch, you will get seven years of bad luck!
8. Humans share over 98 percent of their DNA with Fitch.
9. Fitch is the sacred animal of Thailand!
10. Fitch can last longer without water than a camel can!