Saturday, 6 August 2011

Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry. ~W.B. Yeats

This seemed very fitting for today. Not only is my dissertation on translating rhetorical devices used in the poetry of Erich Fried but also in a debate today, I wondered whether my use of rhetoric had much changed. I'd like to think I made a case for what I thought, both in my writing and in my debate but I don't know.

It has been a long day of being at the computer and I don't feel like I've made too much progress. I have about 1,700 words of a dissertation but considering only 500 words were a product of today's endeavour, it's not brillant. However, I know I need to work in short bursts though.

Tomorrow will be the same. My aim: to write another 700 at least.

Maybe I could make it to the gym tomorrow too.

1 comment:

  1. Well done hot legs!

    Don't worry about the gym. You'll get more than a decent work out in Munich! x

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