"And why indeed 'Naso' but for smelling out / the odoriferous flowers of fancy, the jerks of invention?"
— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Work Title
Date
1598
Metaphor
"And why indeed 'Naso' but for smelling out / the odoriferous flowers of fancy, the jerks of invention?"
Metaphor in Context
HOLOFERNES
You find not the apostrophus, and so miss
the accent. Let me supervise the canzonet. Here are
only numbers ratified, but for the elegancy, facility,
and golden cadence of poesy -- caret . Ovidius Naso was
the man. And why indeed 'Naso' but for smelling out
the odoriferous flowers of fancy, the jerks of invention?
Imitari is nothing. So doth the hound his master, the
ape his keeper, the tired horse his rider. But domicella --
virgin -- was this directed to you?
(IV.ii.120-8)
You find not the apostrophus, and so miss
the accent. Let me supervise the canzonet. Here are
only numbers ratified, but for the elegancy, facility,
and golden cadence of poesy -- caret . Ovidius Naso was
the man. And why indeed 'Naso' but for smelling out
the odoriferous flowers of fancy, the jerks of invention?
Imitari is nothing. So doth the hound his master, the
ape his keeper, the tired horse his rider. But domicella --
virgin -- was this directed to you?
(IV.ii.120-8)
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HDIS
Citation
Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works. Oxford Shakespeare. Electronic Edition for the IBM PC. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, Editor.
Date of Entry
08/07/2003
