vanveen
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Hello,
I have a couple of questions regarding the precise meaning of some expressions I would like to ascertain I am correct about.
1. In the phrase "Don Juan will be known bye-a-bye for what it is intended - a satire on abuses of the present state of society", what does bye-a-bye exactly mean? I couldn't find it anywhere, although it doesn't prevent me from understanding the passage on the whole.
2. "if ...I am to be "snubbed so when I am in spirits", the poem will be naught etc." - here Byron is quoting something, the source doesn't matter, I don't quite get the meaning of "snubbed so when I am in spirits", could you please elucidate it for me.
many thanks
I have a couple of questions regarding the precise meaning of some expressions I would like to ascertain I am correct about.
1. In the phrase "Don Juan will be known bye-a-bye for what it is intended - a satire on abuses of the present state of society", what does bye-a-bye exactly mean? I couldn't find it anywhere, although it doesn't prevent me from understanding the passage on the whole.
2. "if ...I am to be "snubbed so when I am in spirits", the poem will be naught etc." - here Byron is quoting something, the source doesn't matter, I don't quite get the meaning of "snubbed so when I am in spirits", could you please elucidate it for me.
many thanks