Glizdka
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In No Roots, Alice Metron Sings "I've got not roots, but my home was never on the ground".
I know songwriting and poetry are guided by their own rules, but it doesn't make much sense anyway.
The conjunction but is meant to show contrast. If she did have roots, you'd expect her to be on the ground, but since she doesn't have roots, you expect her not to be on the ground. The second part doesn't contrast with the first one. I'd much rather prefer and instead of but.
Even if we consider the acoustic quality of the word but, which might have been a reason for choosing it over and, they're both one-syllable words that end in an alveolar consonant.
Am I missing something here? Do you possibly have any guesses why she decided to use but here?
I know songwriting and poetry are guided by their own rules, but it doesn't make much sense anyway.
The conjunction but is meant to show contrast. If she did have roots, you'd expect her to be on the ground, but since she doesn't have roots, you expect her not to be on the ground. The second part doesn't contrast with the first one. I'd much rather prefer and instead of but.
Even if we consider the acoustic quality of the word but, which might have been a reason for choosing it over and, they're both one-syllable words that end in an alveolar consonant.
Am I missing something here? Do you possibly have any guesses why she decided to use but here?
