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"Sweet Afton" is a lyrical poem describing the Afton Water in Ayrshire, Scotland. It was written by Robert Burns in 1791. [ 1 ] The poem was first published as a song in the Scots Musical Museum (1787-1803) and this is the best known version as sung throughout Scotland.
19th-century author Charles Mackay proposed in The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe (1877) that the seemingly meaningless string of syllables "Fa fe fi fo fum" is actually a coherent phrase of ancient Gaelic, and that the complete quatrain covertly expresses the Celts' cultural detestation of the invading Angles and Saxons:
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" is a popular adage from William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her family's rival house of Montague. The reference is used to state that the names of things do not affect what they really are.
Missouri Poet Laureate David L. Harrison describes something unexpected he found after checking into a room with a fly in it.
The supernatural also comes into play in this story. The nose is able to transform its size depending on what is needed to further the plot. [6] Sometimes it is portrayed as the size of a common nose, while other times it is portrayed as the same size as a human. This strange ability plays into the absurdity of the story and adds to its comedic ...
What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over; Where there is a will there is a way; Where there is muck there is brass; Where there is life there is hope [37] Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right; While there is life there is hope; Who will bell the cat? Whom the Gods love die young
or whatever is more sweet or more elegant: 11 nam unguentum dabo, quod meae puellae for I will give perfume, which to my girl 12 donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque, Venuses and Cupids have given, 13 quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis, which when you will smell it, you will ask the gods, 14 totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.
Others liken it to "sweet smelling welding fumes," "seared steak," or other odd combos such as this description on twitter from ESA astronaut, Alexander Gerst: "To me, space smells like a mixture ...