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| date = September 3, 2010 | | date = September 3, 2010 | ||
| title = The Carriage | | title = The Carriage | ||
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− | | titletext = I learned from Achewood that since this poem is in ballad meter, it can be sung to the tune of Gilligan | + | | titletext = I learned from Achewood that since this poem is in ballad meter, it can be sung to the tune of Gilligan's Island. Since then, try as I might, I haven't ONCE been able to read it normally. |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | Emily Dickenson is a famous American poet. I guess it is often cited in American schools, but I am not American, so I am not sure. | |
− | + | Grand theft auto is a famous computer game series set in contemporary USA, where the player frequently steals cars by grabbing their drivers and throwing them out of the car. I guess you do that with the "Y" button on XBox. | |
− | + | Gilligan's Island is a 1960s sitcom with a catchy intro song. | |
− | The | + | The full version of the poem can be found for example at [[http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/cs6/stop.html]]. |
+ | The Gilligan's Island song is on youTube [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR7qxtgCgY]] | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[The Grim Reaper driving a horse-drawn carriage.] |
:Because I could not stop for death | :Because I could not stop for death | ||
:He kindly stopped for me | :He kindly stopped for me | ||
− | :[ | + | :[A woman wearing her hair in a bun grabs Death by the arm and pulls him off the carriage. There is a Y-button symbol in the lower left corner.] |
− | :The carriage held but just oursel- | + | :The carriage held but just oursel-- |
:Death: Hey! | :Death: Hey! | ||
− | : | + | :<<GRAB>> |
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− | :[ | + | :[The woman takes off in the carriage, leaving Death in her dust, on the ground.] |
− | : | + | :Woman: Hyah! |
− | :[ | + | :[The Grand Theft Auto logo is shown, with the stamp "Emily Dickinson Edition" underneath. There is a picture of stick-Emily, arms crossed, and a scythe next to her.] |
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