{"id":578,"date":"2011-05-14T18:29:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T17:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=578"},"modified":"2011-05-14T18:29:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T17:29:29","slug":"the-naming-of-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2011\/05\/14\/the-naming-of-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"The Naming of Parts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every year, as spring arrives, and I walk along the nearby Kennet & Avon canal, I feel a strong need to know the names of the huge number of plants that I see.\u00a0 Not content with their beauty and the pleasure of seeing them, and with what simply is<\/em> \u2013 and, sadly, not too interested in the fine detail of the ecology \u2013 it\u2019s their naming that seems to matter.\u00a0 This always brings Henry Reed\u2019s<\/a> ironic poem to mind. \u00a0 Written in 1941, it contrasts some very natural and unnatural processes: nature\u2019s eloquence, procreation, and knowing your rifle \u2013 and shows the futility of the NAMING OF PARTS.<\/p>\n

To-day we have naming of parts. \u00a0Yesterday,<\/em><\/p>\n

We had daily cleaning. \u00a0And to-morrow morning,<\/em><\/p>\n

We shall have what to do after firing. \u00a0But to-day,<\/em><\/p>\n

To-day we have naming of parts. \u00a0Japonica<\/em><\/p>\n

Glistens like coral in all of the neighbouring gardens,<\/em><\/p>\n

And to-day we have naming of parts.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the lower sling swivel. And this<\/em><\/p>\n

Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see,<\/em><\/p>\n

When you are given your slings. \u00a0And this is the piling swivel,<\/em><\/p>\n

Which in your case you have not got. \u00a0The branches<\/em><\/p>\n

Hold in the gardens their silent, eloquent gestures,<\/em><\/p>\n

Which in our case we have not got.<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the safety-catch, which is always released<\/em><\/p>\n

With an easy flick of the thumb. \u00a0And please do not let me<\/em><\/p>\n

See anyone using his finger. \u00a0You can do it quite easy<\/em><\/p>\n

If you have any strength in your thumb. \u00a0The blossoms<\/em><\/p>\n

Are fragile and motionless, never letting anyone see<\/em><\/p>\n

Any of them using their finger.<\/em><\/p>\n

And this you can see is the bolt. \u00a0The purpose of this<\/em><\/p>\n

Is to open the breech, as you see. \u00a0We can slide it<\/em><\/p>\n

Rapidly backwards and forwards: we call this<\/em><\/p>\n

Easing the spring. \u00a0And rapidly backwards and forwards<\/em><\/p>\n

The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers:<\/em><\/p>\n

They call it easing the Spring.<\/em><\/p>\n

They call it easing the Spring: it is perfectly easy<\/em><\/p>\n

If you have any strength in your thumb: like the bolt,<\/em><\/p>\n

And the breech, and the cocking-piece, and the point of balance,<\/em><\/p>\n

Which in our case we have not got; and the almond-blossom<\/em><\/p>\n

Silent in all of the gardens and the bees going backwards and forwards,<\/em><\/p>\n

For to-day we have naming of parts.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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