6th October 2006, 01:05 AM
waspsmakejam
Member Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: York, Yorkshire
Native language: UK, English
Age: 44
Posts: 93
Re: thatch-eves
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This spelling is in Keats' original manuscript.
There are several strange spellings in "Ode to Autumn". I can remember "wam" (warm) and "hazle" (hazel), but there's more.
I think its normal to reprint poetry with all the original spelling intact. Poets sometime use archaic or uncommon spellings, or even mispell or invent words, for poetic effect. Personally I think Keats couldn't spell for toffee.
|