Tim Romano wrote:
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>
> Why enter a discussion of the poem with a premature post that begins: "I
> don't have my translation handy, but from what I remember of the
> Wanderer..."  ?
>

This is an e-mail list, neither a post-doctoral seminar nor a refereed
journal. That seems a perfectly valid opening to me. In fact, I see no
reason before the third or fourth round of posts in a thread for any
particular precision of reference. The parameters ought to be
conversational.

Carrol Cox