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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
In Our Time
The Omaham, a Depressing Poem
Fitzgerald himself saw it as a depressing poem. But what i like about it, and of course, wha the readers enjoyed, is that it's also very funnyand charming and witty. Its themes of drink and pleasure and gardens, but even in the language. I mean, danny, youknow, we've been talking about the allusions, the richness of english literature. It also borrows so much from colloquial phrases,. idioms like the willy nilly maasot earlier, yes, and besn from the tar of darkness cries, fools, your reward is neither here nor there. Well, actually, why should you care about why should we even
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