For the rest of my "Sasha Reads" playlist, click here. For the rest of my "Sasha Reads" playlist, click here. Here's "Rules and Regulations" (1845) by Lewis Carroll (1832-1898), which the young Charles Lutwidge Dodgson wrote at age 13 for his younger brother and sister:A short directionTo avoid dejection,By variationsIn occupations,And prolongationOf relaxation,And combinationsOf recreations,And disputationOn the state of the nationIn adaptationTo your station,By invitationsTo friends and relations,By evitationOf amputation,By permutationIn conversation,And deep reflectionYou'll avoid dejection.... Here's "So That's Who I Remind Me Of" (1942) by Ogden Nash (1902-1971):When I consider men of golden talents,I'm delighted, in my introverted way,To discover, as I'm drawing up the balance,How much we have in common, I and they.... Past poems are:
And interrupted briefly, but essentially never, to Another Source.
( z0 and :op ( z1 interrupt :ARG1-of ( z2 contrast :ARG2 ( z3 interrupt :ARG1 ( z4 source :mod ( z5 another ) ) :polarity - :time ( z6 ever :mod ( z7 essential ) ) ) ) :ARG2 z4 :duration ( z8 brief ) ) )
(z0 / and
    :op1 (z1 / interrupt-01
             :ARG1-of (z2 / contrast-01
                          :ARG2 (z3 / interrupt-01
                                    :ARG1 (z4 / source
                                              :mod (z5 / another))
                                    :polarity -
                                    :time (z6 / ever
                                              :mod (z7 / essential))))
             :ARG2 z4
             :duration (z8 / brief)))
And interrupted briefly , but essentially never , to Another Source .
z0 :op1 z1
z1 :duration z8
z2 :ARG2 z3
z1 :ARG1-of z2
z6 :mod z7
z3 :time z6
z3 :polarity 0
z4 :mod z5
z3 :ARG1 z4
z1 :ARG2 z4