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* Meaning of LuridDingbat
`* Re: Meaning of LuridJerry Friedman
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Meaning of Lurid

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 by: Dingbat - Thu, 9 Nov 2023 12:52 UTC

Subject: Meaning of Lurid

The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt
<https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/the-spider-and-the-fly-by-mary-howitt>

<<Do children's poems still have such lurid lessons?>>

I'm nonplussed at being asked this question. One could use this
poem to teach ingenues to beware of lechers and one could
describe what lechers are wont to do but can a description of
a hypothetical scenario be lurid?

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Subject: Re: Meaning of Lurid
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 by: Jerry Friedman - Thu, 9 Nov 2023 15:26 UTC

On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 5:52:32 AM UTC-7, Dingbat wrote:
> Subject: Meaning of Lurid
>
> The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt
> <https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/the-spider-and-the-fly-by-mary-howitt>
>
> <<Do children's poems still have such lurid lessons?>>
>
> I'm nonplussed at being asked this question. One could use this
> poem to teach ingenues to beware of lechers and one could
> describe what lechers are wont to do but can a description of
> a hypothetical scenario be lurid?

I don't see why not. The AHD says,

1.
a. Characterized by vivid description or explicit details that are meant
to provoke or shock: /a lurid account of the crime./

The poem doesn't seem very shocking, though--just "she ne'er came
out again". A description of a spider killing and eating a fly could get
a lot more lurid.

--
Jerry Friedman

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Subject: Re: Meaning of Lurid
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 by: Dingbat - Thu, 9 Nov 2023 17:27 UTC

On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 8:56:14 PM UTC+5:30, Jerry Friedman wrote:
> On Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 5:52:32 AM UTC-7, Dingbat wrote:
> > Subject: Meaning of Lurid
> >
> > The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt
> > <https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/the-spider-and-the-fly-by-mary-howitt>
> >
> > <<Do children's poems still have such lurid lessons?>>
> >
> > I'm nonplussed at being asked this question. One could use this
> > poem to teach ingenues to beware of lechers and one could
> > describe what lechers are wont to do but can a description of
> > a hypothetical scenario be lurid?
> I don't see why not. The AHD says,
>
> 1.
> a. Characterized by vivid description or explicit details that are meant
> to provoke or shock: /a lurid account of the crime./
>
> The poem doesn't seem very shocking, though--just "she ne'er came
> out again". A description of a spider killing and eating a fly could get
> a lot more lurid.
>
> --
I suspect that he's referring not to the poem itself but to the kind of
presentation I outlined. Could making it detailed make it lurid if it is
meant for teaching, not for provoking or shocking?

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