The Wasteland
Aug. 9th, 2008 05:37 pmPeople who post D&D campaign reports to their blogs: death's too good for 'em, I say. I think I'll make an exception for this one of
scribb1e's, though.
THE WASTE LAND
'Antea, in stipendia Roberti, dicerem: ἀποθανεῑν δεν θέλω; respondebat dominus ludorum: alea iacta est.'
( The burial of the undead )
scribb1e writes:
scribb1e's, the greatest parodies of the poem are Wendy Cope's and
ladysisyphus's Harry Potter version.
'Antea, in stipendia Roberti, dicerem: ἀποθανεῑν δεν θέλω; respondebat dominus ludorum: alea iacta est.'
( The burial of the undead )
The Waste Land seems remarkably easy to do this to. Either because great art is characterised by its ability to sustain more than one interpretation, or because it's a bunch of easily-imitated, pretentious twaddle.Apart from