Difference between revisions of "Rot"
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+ | * '''rot''' → The expression ''rot a peck'' varies the phonology of ''not yet'', continuing the series of negative clauses... ''n'' → ''r'' for alliteration with following words (''brewed ... arclilght ... rory .... regginbrow ... ringsome'') |
Latest revision as of 20:11, 20 January 2011
- Not → Rot
- Rot: (German) red → the colour at one end of the rainbow → see line 4, violer d'amores, for the violet at the other end
- Genesis 9.12 ff: the rainbow is a sign of the Covenant God made with Noah after the Flood → in FW the rainbow appears after the Flood which ends the novel
- rotten
- rot → The expression rot a peck varies the phonology of not yet, continuing the series of negative clauses... n → r for alliteration with following words (brewed ... arclilght ... rory .... regginbrow ... ringsome)