I have a stanza i can't make head or tail of: The suburban landscape Would modulate through Macmillan's constituency From inner to outer... MM's constituency is the area of his voters? and inner to...
Is a 'corner shop' the same as a general store? Meaning a small universal shop in a village? I need it to be in a city, so maybe the meaning is different? Thanks, Lidia
Carmethian is a word I ignore and can find nowhere. It seems to determine the colour rose (or is it the verb?) I know a colour 'rosu carmin' in Romanian. My imagination does not go beyond that. does...
I can't tell if it means time or illness in: on the third stroke it will be uncertain I see in time it comes with 'at' not 'on'. Is that significant? Lidia
I can't see the meaning of: ten forties minus three sixteens equals/ the answers you need I gather ten-forties are golden bonds (not that I can translate that...), but three sixteens is a lyric. I...
Is 'diversions' in this title synonymous to 'amusement'? The amusements one can find in purley? Why did Ackroyd repeat Tooke's title, I wonder? What significance can it have had for him?
I am translating a poem by ruth fainilight, and one line says: I danced lik Esmeralda on the Round Table as desperately as if to save my life. I am not aware of any phrase conected to 'dance round' or...
another line goes: which sets me free from whomsoever's definition Does it mean 'from a definition at random" or 'from a definition anyone might offer'? I feel it means 'it sets me free from all...
This is another poem by ruth fainlight. she writes: who told me my place? I guess she means no one told her where exactle she belonged. I can't find this as a phrase anywhere. is it a known phrase?
I must translate a poem by Ruth Fainlight, where I have come across the following: that faint narrow path which lured Deep into the misty forest... Is 'faint path' a particular kind of road? I keep...