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Humperdinck
What's in a Name?
How can you Explain?
Is it Literal?
How about Historical?
Mine is Biblical,
Is it Allegorical?
Or simply Nothing,
Which could be Anything,
A meaning now Empty.
Lost to time.
How can I make it mine?
A life growing on a vine,
Without the line,
With which to define,
A single life,
With a name.
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Comment by: shaft - 2006-02-21 03:33
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| Allegorical is used in a biblical sense often, since it is full of imagery and parables. Allegorical actually, in this context, would be that the name contains a story. I'd seperate this from biblical as Humperdinck's name could have been from the bible whereas the story of the name, or the symbol of the name could come from elsewhere. |
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Shaft, were you aware that Englebert Humperdinck (not the singer) wrote the opera, "Hansel and Gretel?" In fact that's where singer Engelbert (Note the spelling.) Humperdinck got his name which is a stage name.
I think that Humperdinck is a witty title. It smacks of Dr. Suess. I like the poem. I like how it intellectualizes "What's in a name?" but one part threw me. "Mine is Biblical, Is it Allegorical?" Allegorical IS Biblical, isn't it? Should you have placed a "But" before "Is it...?" |
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Comment by: MLB - 2006-02-20 09:56
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I thought a name was just a practical matter, a sound made for the means of identifying something. We communicate with language, so everything must be assigned sounds. I liked the title, as it contrasts this logic, saying 'what's this jackass trying to prove with this name "Humperdink"?!'
PS the first word of your poem is missing its apostrophe. |
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Comment by: Min - 2006-02-20 03:29
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| Good to see you using 'allegorical'...I'll have to check mt thesaurus. Fortunately I knew who you were alluding to literally and enjoyed your musing and using the comments to ponder on the use of a name. You were never a Humperdinck. |
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Comment by: shaft - 2006-02-17 05:04
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Humperdinck - Made up name for a singer called Englebert... The title here explains the poem.
I'm curious to know what a name explains... |
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