>From rdt-owner Thu May 25 01:55:15 1995
Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 23:55:52 MST
From: misccj@hg.uleth.ca
Subject: Tori as part of the literati


Someone posted a couple of days ago that they noticed a literary allusion
in one of Tori's songs.  Can't remember either the poem or the song. But as
an English major and aspiring poet, I have also noticed allusions in Tori's
work.  From Cornflake Girl, "putting of her stringbean love" closely resembles
a line from the poem "To His Coy Mistress" by the 17th century poet Andrew
Marvell.  The line "eternal footman" from Pretty Good Year comes directly from
a poem by T.S. Eliot, but I'm not sure which it is--I don't have any of his
poems on me at the moment.  This got me thinking.  It would be great to know
just how well-read Tori is, and what her fave writers are.  Does anyone know?
Has anyone else noticed things from other works that seem really fimiliar?  
I'm facinated by this subject, and I'm so glad someone brought it up.  It would
be great fodder for an English paper...
		--Carla :)