Retreat...

[fajrdrako]

This one makes me think of Miles Vorkosigan:

Retreat, hell! We're just advancing in another direction. - Oliver Prince Smith, 1893 - 1977

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[(Anonymous)]

Hi, You seems like your smart and you love pomes. Can you answere this question for sestina d'inverno pome. How does the sestina form suit life in Rochester as Hecht pictures it?
Please reply ASAP.

[fajrdrako]

I like to think I am, and I do.

Sentina. Hecht. Rochester. Good one.

Okay:

1. It's fully descriptive
2. It evokes the repetitions of winter weather - snow, more snow; ice, more ice; evolving weather
3. The structure gives the subject gravitas - like a slow march or a majestic theme