In (the?) season x

Dodi Schultz SCHULTZ at COMPUSERVE.COM
Sat Oct 26 19:42:52 UTC 2002


Rima McKinzey, citing Tennyson, says,

  >> When it's ongoing and general, I don't use the definite article. "In
  >> spring a young man's fancy..."

What the poet, attuned to the rhythm of the line, actually wrote was: "In
the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love."
(Locksley Hall, 1842)

--Dodi Schultz



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