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Which do you prefer? 05/25/26(Mon)23:43:00 No.25302577

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Which do you prefer? Anonymous 05/25/26(Mon)23:43:00 No.25302577

The original opening line of Sailing to Byzantium, described as 'the worst piece of syntax I ever wrote' by Yeats:
>That is no country for old men. The young

The proposed revision:
>Old men should quit a country where the young

Anonymous
05/25/26(Mon)23:46:07 No.25302583

Anonymous 05/25/26(Mon)23:46:07 No.25302583

>>25302577
Did he actually think or say this? Huh

Anonymous
05/26/26(Tue)15:54:18 No.25303795

Anonymous 05/26/26(Tue)15:54:18 No.25303795

>>25302583
I wouldn't have posted it if he hadn't of said it.

Anonymous
05/26/26(Tue)15:59:17 No.25303809

Anonymous 05/26/26(Tue)15:59:17 No.25303809

>>25302577
The original is more arresting
The revision is plain and unremarkable

Anonymous
05/26/26(Tue)23:47:54 No.25304851

Anonymous 05/26/26(Tue)23:47:54 No.25304851

>>25303809
The latter is more definite, less vague, and has more momentum.

Anonymous
05/27/26(Wed)11:22:49 No.25305717

Anonymous 05/27/26(Wed)11:22:49 No.25305717

>>25302577
It's terrible that I only know this poem and Yeats because of that segment in Cyberpunk where AI-Alt recites it out of nowhere

Anonymous
05/27/26(Wed)11:37:39 No.25305744

Anonymous 05/27/26(Wed)11:37:39 No.25305744

>>25302577
"Old men should quit a country" would be a terrible movie title THOUGH

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