Megan Whalen Turner: "Muse puisi, bantu dia, pikirku. Bisakah pria itu...

"Muse puisi, bantu dia, pikirku. Bisakah pria itu menghasilkan satu metafora peternakan lagi? Dia sepertinya berusaha. "Kayu hijau," usulku, tetapi bahkan dia merasakan bahwa ada sesuatu yang tidak menguntungkan tentang metafora untuk seorang raja di mana kamu mengeringkan royalti sebelum membakar itu."

--- Megan Whalen Turner

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

Muse of poetry, come to his aid, I thought. Could the man produce one more metaphor of husbandry? He seemed to be trying. "Green wood," I suggested, but even he sensed that there was something unfortunate about a metaphor for a king in which you dry out your royalty before you set fire to it.