1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/words-irritable-reaching.txt b/src/words-irritable-reaching.txt
index c616c95..97d3e8c 100644
--- a/src/words-irritable-reaching.txt
+++ b/src/words-irritable-reaching.txt

@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ Gilbert furthers Keats in asserting that no matter what we write, "the words / G
 In Gilbert's poem, though, he does reach after something.
 In the second half of the poem he begins to imagine what the "mysterious Sumerian tablets" could be as poetry, instead of just "business records:"
-> [...] My joy is the same as twelve
+> [...] My joy is the same as twelve \
-> Ethiopian goats standing in the morning light.
+> Ethiopian goats standing in the morning light. \
-> O Lord, thou art slabs of salt and ingots of copper,
+> O Lord, thou art slabs of salt and ingots of copper, \
-> as grand as ripe barley under the wind's labor.
+> as grand as ripe barley under the wind's labor. \
-> Her breasts are six white oxen loaded with bolts
+> Her breasts are six white oxen loaded with bolts \
-> of long-fibered Egyptian cotton.  My love is a hundred
+> of long-fibered Egyptian cotton.  My love is a hundred \
-> pitchers of honey.  Shiploads of thuya are what
+> pitchers of honey.  Shiploads of thuya are what \
-> my body wants to say to your body.  Giraffes are this
+> my body wants to say to your body.  Giraffes are this \
 > desire in the dark.
 This is my favorite part of the poem, and I think it's because Gilbert, like Hass, reaches for the specific in the general; he brings huge ideas like the Lord or Love or Joy into the specific images of salt, copper, or honey, or like he says at the end of his poem: "What we feel most has / no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds."

diff --git a/src/words-irritable-reaching.txt b/src/words-irritable-reaching.txt index c616c95..97d3e8c 100644 --- a/src/words-irritable-reaching.txt +++ b/src/words-irritable-reaching.txt
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ Gilbert furthers Keats in asserting that no matter what we write, "the words / G
29	In Gilbert's poem, though, he does reach after something.	29	In Gilbert's poem, though, he does reach after something.
30	In the second half of the poem he begins to imagine what the "mysterious Sumerian tablets" could be as poetry, instead of just "business records:"	30	In the second half of the poem he begins to imagine what the "mysterious Sumerian tablets" could be as poetry, instead of just "business records:"
31		31
32	> [...] My joy is the same as twelve	32	> [...] My joy is the same as twelve \
33	> Ethiopian goats standing in the morning light.	33	> Ethiopian goats standing in the morning light. \
34	> O Lord, thou art slabs of salt and ingots of copper,	34	> O Lord, thou art slabs of salt and ingots of copper, \
35	> as grand as ripe barley under the wind's labor.	35	> as grand as ripe barley under the wind's labor. \
36	> Her breasts are six white oxen loaded with bolts	36	> Her breasts are six white oxen loaded with bolts \
37	> of long-fibered Egyptian cotton. My love is a hundred	37	> of long-fibered Egyptian cotton. My love is a hundred \
38	> pitchers of honey. Shiploads of thuya are what	38	> pitchers of honey. Shiploads of thuya are what \
39	> my body wants to say to your body. Giraffes are this	39	> my body wants to say to your body. Giraffes are this \
40	> desire in the dark.	40	> desire in the dark.
41		41
42	This is my favorite part of the poem, and I think it's because Gilbert, like Hass, reaches for the specific in the general; he brings huge ideas like the Lord or Love or Joy into the specific images of salt, copper, or honey, or like he says at the end of his poem: "What we feel most has / no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds."	42	This is my favorite part of the poem, and I think it's because Gilbert, like Hass, reaches for the specific in the general; he brings huge ideas like the Lord or Love or Joy into the specific images of salt, copper, or honey, or like he says at the end of his poem: "What we feel most has / no name but amber, archers, cinnamon, horses and birds."