https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45085/the-phoenix-and-the-turtle-56d2246f86c06
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020
ENG373: The Phoenix and the Turtle
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45085/the-phoenix-and-the-turtle-56d2246f86c06
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So about the weird two people in love are like one person, it makes me think of quantum entanglement. I'm not good at science but I think it's when two separate things are so connect, they cannot be talked about independently so I wonder that even though math is against this two is one concept, maybe science supports it?
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I am also not good at science but it is a pretty metaphor! I think LOST used it at one point with Penny and Desmond?
DeleteI feel like this is the bird version of Romeo and Juliet. I'm surprised Romeo didn't recite this poem to her. Also, I watched sense 8 and loved it.
ReplyDeleteSense8 is so fucking cool
DeleteI can see what you mean — but there was never a point earlier in their relationship that was logical.
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