Thursday, October 14, 2010

Archives (Edwin Morgan) 

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g neration upon
g neration up n
g nerat on up n
g nerat  n up n
g nerat  n  p n
g  erat  n  p n
g  era   n  p n
g  era   n    n
g  er    n    n
g   r    n    n
g        n    n
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  1. Danielle ZOctober 14, 2010 at 10:30 PM

    Wasn't quite sure whether I 'got' this poem. Does it signify the fading out of history and remembrance altogether?

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  2. LilinOctober 14, 2010 at 11:31 PM

    Could be! could also refer to the irony of modernity - computers are able to generate incessant amounts of information and text but modernity also contributes to language loss and degeneration. another paradox is that the archive is supposed to preserve and stall decay but what it is preserving is decay and loss.

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