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The only reason that a stitch in time saves nine is the assonance. If it saved eight the phrase would be forgotten. English cats have nine lives, in Germany they have sechs Leben. You may, of course, be wondering why either of these phrases needed a particular number; that’s all down to the Fourteenth Rule.
— Sep 27, 2022 07:08AM
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More accomplished is the opening line “I see trees of green, red roses too” from “What a Wonderful World,”41 where the sentence is plant colour: colour plant. An unwary chap may sing that line all day without noticing the chiasmus.
It is possible, just possible, to make things symmetrical without anybody really noticing. They still like what they hear, but they’re not sure why.
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Very nice
— Sep 20, 2022 06:21PM
More accomplished is the opening line “I see trees of green, red roses too” from “What a Wonderful World,”41 where the sentence is plant colour: colour plant. An unwary chap may sing that line all day without noticing the chiasmus.
It is possible, just possible, to make things symmetrical without anybody really noticing. They still like what they hear, but they’re not sure why.
Comment:
Very nice
