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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:57 am Post subject: to do |
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| Oh! to be in England now that April's there! |
What does the quote mean? I guess that it means that because April has come now I can be in England at last. Am I right? Can you clear my question? And also I'd like to know in what situation the kind of the above example is usually used.
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Mister Micawber
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:44 am Post subject: |
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It means that England is beautiful in April.
O, to be in England
Now that April 's there,
And whoever wakes in England
Sees, some morning, unaware,
That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf
Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,
While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough
In England�now!
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Chan-Seung Lee
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject: once again |
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Thanks for your reply.
According to your information, I've known it is a part of a poem.
Can you let me know who the poem is by and around when it was written?
And I still have question about 'O, to be in England now that April's there,'.
I can understand your interpretation about it. But I'd like to understand it grammatically.
So, does it mean that 'now that April's there, April is in England for sure.'?
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Mister Micawber
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GOOGLING will get you the author and his dates of birth and death; it is a good skill to develop.
O, to be in England
Now that April 's there =
Oh, to be in England [would be wonderful], now that it is April. = Oh, I wish I were in England, since it is April now, and Aprils are wonderful in England.
Your interpretation is just circular reasoning.
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