The prompt:
In Oulipian usage, antonymy means the replacement of a designated element by its opposite. Each word is replaced by its opposite, when one exists (black/white) or by an alternative suggesting antonymy (a/the, and/or, glass/wood).
Original: To be or not to be, that is the question.
Antonymy: To not be and to be: this was an answer.
Antonymy: To not be and to be: this was an answer.
Select a passage from your newspaper source text to complete this exercise.
The process:
I swear today will be the last day of Marathon inspired poems. Yesterday, I went to the Marathon. yay!!! I was at Mile #19. What a great day!
This was a bit tough. I chose a short passage and I kept thinking to myself..errr..what's the opposite of this. I took some creative license when it came to numbers and such. I hope I did the prompt justice. I even used part of the title of the article as my title.
The result:
The passage:
They clanged cowbells for hours, extended hands for high-fives, and waved posters for friends while hooting for strangers. They packed 8 deep in Ashland, 12 deep Natick, and so tight in Back Bay it was impossible to count. Jeers emptied the water
I silenced ear rings
For seconds
Retracted feet for low-ones
Or flipped off newspapers
Nay, enemies
While crying
For friends
I unpacked 16 shallow out of
Woodsea
24 shallow Southie
or so loose in Front Dessert
they were easy to abandon
Source:
Moskowitz, Eric. "For 26 miles, the cheers filled the air." The Boston Globe. 22 Apr 2014. A1-A12. Print.
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