Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 20 AIL 1945 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: Crediting the Translator's Form
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The idea
Obligation O-9 exists for this and unit sixteen stated it. Pope's rhyme is not Homer's; Longfellow's unrhymed tercets are not Dante's rhyme scheme. An option about verse form in a translated passage is about the translation.
In practice
The form belongs to the English.
Where people slip
Unit sixteen's trap, restated.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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