Re: PDF author metadata

[David Kastrup]

J Martin Rushton <address@hidden> writes:

> On 10/07/16 00:29, Anthony Youngman wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 07/07/16 19:02, David Wright wrote:
>>> BTW one of the odd "assumptions" made in LP is in that variable
>>> called poet. What about compositions whose lyrics are prose?
>> 
>> Of which I guess there are very few :-) "Jerusalem" is a pretty
>> classic example - about the only one I can think of.
>> 
>
> And did those feet in ancient time
> Walk upon England's mountains green?
> And was the holy lamb of God
> On England's pleasant pastures seen?
> And did the countenance divine
> Shine forth upon those clouded hills
> And was Jerusalem builded here
> Among those dark, Satanic mills?
>
> Bring me my bow of burning gold
> Bring me my arrows of desire
> Bring me my shield, Oh clouds unfold -
> Bring me my chariot of fire.
> I shall not cease from mental strife,
> Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
> Till we have built Jerusalem
> In England's green and pleasant land!
>
> It scans (88.88.88.88), rhymes (abcb.defe), line breaks are phrase
> breaks (not arbitrary) - so how is it prose not poetry?

I actually thought first of "Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst" by
Mauersberger after the bombing of Dresden.  Which, while being the text
of "Klagelieder Jeremiahs" (English: "lamentations of Jeremiah"), is
pretty much prose.

I suspect there are a few Jerusalems around...

-- 
David Kastrup