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Posts tagged with "a leaf falls on loneliness"

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看到一首诗。

在字面上是:l(a leaf falls)one l iness, 但是看到不止一个外国人觉得when read the intended way, the l fuses itself back upwards to create the words "on loneliness".就变成了更有深意的 a leaf falls on loneliness. 就算再intended,我还是读不出来,语感不够吧。

另外,把 a leaf falls 藏在loneliness 的里面,隐隐约约觉得凄凉。

有人 注意到最后一行比其他都长,意味叶子落地,而iness则"suggests the hissing sound while the leaf has fallen and people walk on it."

诗排列的方式也像孤零零的数字1,又有人说是一片叶子飘落的轨迹。实际上对于第一个字母到底是数字一还是loneliness的第一个小写字母l也众说纷纭。全因为ee cummings那年代写诗用的是打字机,而不是带字体的Word XP。