...relationship to nature, engaging in a process of near-mechanical reproduction: he as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him. (5.397-99) Of course it is in the subversion of that mimetic relationship that a precisely nonmimetic...

...closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hoot ings to the silent owls That they might answer him. And...echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled, concourse wild Of jocund din - and, when a lengthened pause 380 Of silence came and baffled his best skill, Then sometimes,...

...the repetitions of two words, both repetitions having a performative character: . . . and they would Across the watery vale, and shout again, Responsive...redoubled, concourse wild Of mirth and jocund din; In this passage the expressions "and shout again" and "Redoubled and redoubled" do what they say: the...

...boy imitates the owls "That they might answer him." His skillful mimicry provokes a manic redoubling: And they would shout Across the watery vale, and shout...Responsive to his call, - with quivering peals, And long hallóos, and screams, and echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled; concourse wild Of jocund din! There...

...interwoven, both hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him. . . . Then, sometimes, in that silence, while he hung Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprise Has...

...William Raincock loved to blow "mimic hootings to the silent owls" roosting in the woods across the lake, "And they would shout / Across the watery vale, and shout again, / Responsive to his call." But sometimes the boy was frustrated by the owls' refusal to take the bait. Then, sometimes, in that...

...contiguity. Tne intervocative exchange begins, significantly, with the Boy: he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they...Responsive to his call, with quivering peals, And long hallóos and screams, and echoes loud, Redoubled and redoubled, concourse wild Of jocund din ... (5.372-9)...

...both hands Pressed closely, palm to palm, and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls That they might answer him. — And they would shout Across the wat'ry Vale, and shout again, 400 Responsive to his call, with quivering peals, And long halloos, and...

...taken with little choice. The first from the lines on the BOY OF WENANDEB-MERE,* — who "Blew mimie hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer...would shout Across the watery vale, and -shout again, With long halloos, and screams, and echoes loud Redoubled and redoubled ; concourse wild Of mirth and...

...both hands Pressed closely, palm to palm, and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls, That they...answer him. And they would shout Across the watery veil, and shout again 22. Asmodeus, the demon of vanity and dress. Responsive to his call — with...