mandag den 28. december 2020

Poetry Monday :: Resolves

It seems Resolve is one of those words that can mean almost anything but football as an old teacher of ours once put it. After having read my poem, you can see what I copied from Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, and see if it fits the bill. I have given my Resolves down below 🌝 🌝


I resolve not to resolve come summer and heat.
I resolve not to resolve when solutions sound neat.
I resolve not to resolve sheet music or a fret.
I resolve not to resolve quite anything yet.

My resolve is to meet any day new and fresh.
To resolve not a thing till it has stood its test.
With great resolve I stand up to the year '21
May it resolve to be better than the one that is gone…

And next Mondays theme: SPAGHETTI!


Definitions of resolve

1. Transitive verb

1a : to deal with successfully : clear up resolve doubts resolve a dispute.
     b : to find an answer to.
     c : to make clear or understandable.
     d : to find a mathematical solution of.
     e : to split up into two or more components especially in assigned directions resolve a vector.
2 : to reach a firm decision about resolve to get more sleep. Resolve disputed points in a text.
3a : to declare or decide by a formal resolution and vote.
     b : to change by resolution or formal vote the house resolved itself into a committee.
4a : break up, separate the prism resolved the light into a play of color also : to change by disintegration.
     b : to reduce by analysis resolve the problem into simple elements.
     c : to distinguish between or make independently visible adjacent parts of.
     d : to separate (a racemic compound or mixture) into the two components.
5 : to make (something, such as one or more voice parts or the total musical harmony) progress from dissonance to consonance.
6 : to work out the resolution of (something, such as a play).
7 : to cause resolution of (a pathological state).
8 : obsolete : dissolve, melt.

2. Intransitive verb
1 : to become separated into component parts also : to become reduced by dissolving or analysis.
2 : to form a resolution : determine.
3 : consult, deliberate.
4 : to progress from dissonance to consonance.

3. Noun
1 : fixity of purpose : resoluteness.
2 : something that is resolved.
3 : a legal or official determination especially : a formal resolution.

The definitions, I used:
Declare - Melt/dissolve
Decide - settle
Declare - to make music progress from dissonance to consonance
Conclude - answer

Decision
Judge
Firmness
Decide

4 kommentarer:

  1. Smiling at your comprehensive take on a word with many meanings and uses.

    SvarSlet
  2. An excellent poem, Charlotte - why do we put ourselves through this Resolves charade every year - it almost always ends up in disappointment at failing to keep our promises. I hope you had a good Christmas and wish you and your family all the best for a good 2021.

    SvarSlet
  3. Yours is the best resolve of all!
    Yes, here's to a much better new year!

    SvarSlet
  4. You did very well! Sometimes the best thing is to stand up and take each day as it comes.

    SvarSlet

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