http://reinspiration.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/26/commentary-by-alan-helms-hershel-parker/ old poet - new time and place Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.30 http://reinspiration.lookingforwhitman.org/2009/11/26/commentary-by-alan-helms-hershel-parker/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:29:53 +0000 http://reinspiration.lookingforwhitman.org/?p=34#comment-10 …I applaud your decision to call this a duel, which seems a much more appropriate word than ‘fight’ if Helms and Parker are discussing some of the world’s hottest love poems! And you’ve pointed out further challenges with our translation project, when it comes to Whitman’s particular usage, To comma, or not to comma? That is the question– made even trickier by the possibility of typos!

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