[lit-ideas] Re: SUNDAY POEM IN 7 STANZAS
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:40:51 -0500
Veronica: Seven is good.
In _Inanna’s Descent to the Netherworld_, die-hard
Inanna surrenders seven accessories to enter seven
gates to the underworld. Seven's also a big deal in
_The Epic of Gilgamesh_ and _The Babylonian Story of
the Flood_.
Britannica* suggests some cultural connections to the
sustained popularity of "seven." In number symbolism,
seven is the sum of the spiritual three and the
material four. Pythagorean speculations praise seven
for the musical scale, seven notes before the octave
repeat.
Not surprising that Outlook wouldn't let Mike's
numinous seven go to pieces. Maybe Ondine would enjoy
hearing the homographic "Ondine" from Ravel's "Gaspard"?
Eye halve a spell chequer butt doughnut you sit,
Flopsy
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*
"number symbolism." Encyclopædia Britannica.
Encyclopædia Britannica 2007 Deluxe Edition. Chicago:
Encyclopædia Britannica, 2008.
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