Time Has Turned A Page Poem by Aniruddha Pathak
Time Has Turned A Page
Pedants fume helpless and seethe with rage,
But linguists surrender to the age,
Media always misuse
Commoners to confuse,
But rage not, time has turned a tired page.
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It is the age of freedom, free for all. Words are used any which way. Grammar ultimately follows usage. Take epicentre. It may sound a bit grander than just centre, but it is used only in context of earth-quakes. But media prefer epicentre in all contexts— political, social, economic, any. Pedants and classicists and linguists may boil with rage. But dictionaries will ultimately capitulate and compromise. So, make no fuss, or you will be called doctrinaire, worse, obscurantist or obfuscator, or in the worst case a nit-picker hair-splitter. Alas, you thought you were a sophist and a scholar!
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Tongue-in-cheek |05.05.14 |
But rage not, time has turned a tired page......amusing ending. This is a beautiful Limerick with humor and fun that can attracts the readers. Thank you dear Pathak sir for sharing this with poet's note.
But media prefer epicentre in all contexts— political, social, economic, any. Pedants and classicists and linguists may boil with rage.- but rage not. great advice in given soceity and its problems. tony
It is a humorous piece, who am I advise society. And does it need it? And ever listen to? And we poets have the poetic licence to twist the syntax and turn grammar up side down, why not others? Besides, yesterday's wrong grammar is the right one today recognized by lexicographers and all. Thank you.
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4/18/2024 6:06:44 PM # 1.0.0.1119
Superb delivery. Humour, absolutely! But I also get a clear image of an elderly person, seated, comfortable, reverse aging... This poem goes to myfavourites.
Thank you so much Mj Lemon, yes we lost the track for a long time it seems. Welcome to my poems with your beautiful comments.