Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0010912, Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:18:22 -0800

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Re: Fw: Shade of Shape poem,
was Signs and Symbols: "sane" poet imagination
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EDNOTE. The idea of the shape of PF poem as 4 butterfly wings is worth
consideration.

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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:42:09 +0100
From: profesor_kinbote@poczta.onet.pl
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>Just to call back the enchanter himself, taken out of context while
searching for a misterious Tomasz´ butterfly ...
>................

It is about me? :)
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Well this butterfly realy is not so mysterious :) It is simple

look - first canto is about 17% of all poem, second is 33% third 33%
again and

four again 17% so it is a

shape of butterfly [four wings]

17% 17%

33% 33%

i shoud draw it to you - imagine a shape of butterfly

[really it is no need to draw it, you Nabokovians probably know

(have in memory) a shape of Shade Poem, so remember/recall it

small bigg bigg small]

theese botterfly with upper wings smaller, I thint there are mainly
two species

of butterflays

1) theese with upper wings smaller down larger

2) theese with upper wings big down small

[I do not know to much about butterflys]

:) Tomasz Kaminski

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