TRANSPOSING EXTRAORDINARY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7232, 19 October 1901, Page 3

TRANSPOSING EXTRAORDINARY.

Students of grammar know how necessary! is is when analysing poetical sentences on, sets of verses of poetry to transpose words^ phrases, and clauses, «wid make a literal paraphrase of the whole, so as to obtain! the correct grammatical construction. Itis surprising how many different renderinga of one line or verse can be made without? transgressing any of the laws of grammar,; puce and simple. One line in Gray's " Elegy " perhaps carries off tie palm foi* „ this. It can be twisted into ab least) twenty-six different readings without materially altering the sense:— ' "THE PLOUGHMAN HOMEWARD PLOB3 HIS WEARY WAY." The ploughman plods hi* weary homeward way* ■ The ploughman weary homeward plods his way. The ploughman weary plod* his homeward way., The ploughman homeward weary ploda ids way. The ploughman weary his way homeward plods. The ploughman (plods his homeward weary way* The weary ploughman plods his homeward way* The weary ploughman homeward plods his way. Weary his homeward way the ploughman plods. Weary the ploughman his w*y homeward plods. Weary the ploughman plods his homeward "way. Weary ilio ploughman homeward plods his way. His homeward' way the weary ploughman plods. His homeward way the ploughman' weary plods. His way the weary ploughman. homeward plods. His way the ploughmaai weary plods homeward. His way i he ploughman, homeward; weary plods. His way the plotighmaiL weary homeward plods. His homeward weary way th» ploughman plods. His weary way the homewaaxl ploughman plods. Hia weary way the ploughman homeward plod's. Homeward his way the 'weary ploughman plods. Homeward his way the ploughman weary plods. Homeward the ploughman plods his weary way. Homeward the weary ploughman plods his -wayHomeward his weary way the ploughman plods. And anyone with a little patience could easily add: to this number of different renderings, all correct from a simple grammatical point of iviewv "*

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