Law & Language

In addition to law and language generally, this blog explores philosophy, translation, poetry (including my own poetry and translations), legal education reform, genealogy, rhetoric, politics, and other things that interest me from time to time. I consider all my poems and translations flawed works in progress, tweak them unpredictably, and consider the latest-posted versions the latest "final" forms. I'd enjoy others' thoughts on anything posted. © Harold Anthony Lloyd 2024

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

RACINE’S PHÈDRE

PHÈDRE

By Jean Racine

Translated By Harold Anthony Lloyd © 2016

Translator’s Note: To accommodate the different rhythm of English, I have generally rendered the French alexandrine couplets into iambic pentameter ones. To accommodate further the linguistic difference, I have freely used enjambment. I agree with Richard Wilbur that stacking up end-stopped lines in English can sound like piling lumber.