Just discovered an early prediction of Facebook in A.E. Housman‘s poetry:
And I will friend you, if I may
– A Shropshire Lad, LXIII, line 57
Can’t help but wonder what Keats’ blog would have been like. Oscar Wilde on Tumblr? Sylvia Plath on Pinterest?
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Good catch! Like your blog, insightful reading. You have a future as a wordsmith.
thank you! 🙂