Way-hey for time wasting!

[clo_again]

At least it's English related:

Do any of you doing English - or who've done English in the past - use the term 'volta' to mean a change in the tone or direction of a poem - or at least sonnets - halfway through/towards the end?

We used it at A-level but I can't find mention of it in the poetry anthology we're using right now. Just wondered if it was something only we'd done.

Poetry is driving me crazy. Help?

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[dukedee.livejournal.com]

Nah. We had Mr Brick for GCSE english, and he used to let the year 7s watch Con Air. lol. All I remember is "Dulce Et Decorum Est Pro Patria Mori." Check it out here http://www.warpoetry.co.uk/owen1.html or don't. I'm rambling because I'm drunk. But war poetry was cool as hell. Plus I have that quote on a T-shirt, but don't actually have the T-shirt here. I'll shut the fuck up now.

[dukedee.livejournal.com]

Shoul've said thanks for the advice with photoshop. It helped in the creation of the icon on the starting line page of my site. Thanks.

[clo.livejournal.com]

Hehehe, crazy rambling there Dee. ;-) No problem with the advice on Photoshop; always happy to help.

[felixandrews.livejournal.com]

Because I'm bored, I looked it up. Go me!

volta

\Vol"ta\, n.; pl. Volte. [It. volta a turn, turning, a time. See Volt a tread.] (Mus.) A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain.

Be thankful I didn't just mention Upper Volta, which I think used to be a tiny country in the African Midwest, or something. Meh.

Alun

[clo.livejournal.com]

There's a Volta river in Africa I think...

Hehe thank you though, it backed up what I thought. ^__^