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	The last trimester, still senseless, sounds more like street slang, or like a chant at a sports game.		The last trimester, still senseless, sounds more like street slang, or like a chant at a sports game.

	This drops the reader several hints: first, the structure of the chapter, which is divided into trimesters, months, and weeks, or a 3 x 3 x 3 structure. Joyce is also exploring the idea of a language forming the way a fetus forms. Unlike Chapter 12~~, Cyclops~~, which takes a grand tour through just about every imaginable style of English writing, Chapter 14 doesn't cover the same ground or use the same style of switching from slang to Chaucer to sports journalism between paragraphs. It is denser and thicker, becoming sensible only as it progresses, and with repeated readings. The writing in this chapter is like thick soup, compared to the water or beer of prior chapters.		This drops the reader several hints: first, the structure of the chapter, which is divided into trimesters, months, and weeks, or a 3 x 3 x 3 structure. Joyce is also exploring the idea of a language forming the way a fetus forms. Unlike [[Ulysses/Cyclops]] (Chapter 12), which takes a grand tour through just about every imaginable style of English writing, Oxen of the Sun (Chapter 14) doesn't cover the same ground or use the same style of switching from slang to Chaucer to sports journalism between paragraphs. It is denser and thicker, becoming sensible only as it progresses, and only with repeated readings.

			The writing in this chapter is like thick soup, compared to the water/beer of prior chapters.

	The notes below will identify where those transitions occur - or seem to, anyway.		The notes below will identify where those transitions occur - or seem to, anyway.

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	The next trimester is grammatically sensible, but primitive-sounding, like an incantation. The woman delivering the baby is Mrs. Mina Purefoy, who came up in [[Ulysses/Lestrygonians]] (Chapter 8), by accident, when Mr. Bloom is asking Mrs. Breen about Phillip Beaufoy and she mis-hears him. The doctor who is delivering the baby is Dr. Andrew J. Horne, referenced by the Horhorne of the second part of this opening chant.		The next trimester is grammatically sensible, but primitive-sounding, like an incantation. The woman delivering the baby is Mrs. Mina Purefoy, who came up in [[Ulysses/Lestrygonians]] (Chapter 8), by accident, when Mr. Bloom is asking Mrs. Breen about Phillip Beaufoy and she mis-hears him. The doctor who is delivering the baby is Dr. Andrew J. Horne, referenced by the Horhorne of the second part of this opening chant.

	The last trimester, still senseless, sounds more like street slang or a ~~"modern" exclamation~~.		The last trimester, still senseless, sounds more like street slang, or like a chant at a sports game.

	This drops the reader several hints: first, the structure of the chapter, which is divided into trimesters, months, and weeks, or a 3 x 3 x 3 structure. Joyce is also exploring the idea of a language forming the way a fetus forms. Unlike Chapter 12, Cyclops, which takes a grand tour through just about every imaginable style of English writing, Chapter 14 doesn't cover the same ground or use the same style of switching from slang to Chaucer to sports journalism between paragraphs. It is denser and thicker, becoming sensible only as it progresses, and with repeated readings. The writing in this chapter is like thick soup, compared to the water or beer of prior chapters.		This drops the reader several hints: first, the structure of the chapter, which is divided into trimesters, months, and weeks, or a 3 x 3 x 3 structure. Joyce is also exploring the idea of a language forming the way a fetus forms. Unlike Chapter 12, Cyclops, which takes a grand tour through just about every imaginable style of English writing, Chapter 14 doesn't cover the same ground or use the same style of switching from slang to Chaucer to sports journalism between paragraphs. It is denser and thicker, becoming sensible only as it progresses, and with repeated readings. The writing in this chapter is like thick soup, compared to the water or beer of prior chapters.

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	The opening is divided into three paragraphs of three sentences, each consisting of three parts. The paragraphs represent the three trimesters of pregnancy, each consisting of three months, which can be further divided into months, as the paragraphs are divided into sentences. Those can be divided into weeks, just as each of the three repeated sentences are divided into three component pieces.		The opening is divided into three paragraphs of three sentences, each consisting of three parts. The paragraphs represent the three trimesters of pregnancy, each consisting of three months, which can be further divided into months, as the paragraphs are divided into sentences. Those can be divided into weeks, just as each of the three repeated sentences are divided into three component pieces.

	~~(Gives you an appreciation for the fascination people have~~ with the ~~complex~~, ~~highly individualized~~, ~~yet universal~~, ~~process of pregnancy~~.)		The trimesters begin with a senseless onomatopoeia - and the opening "Deshil Holles Eamus" is something you would expect to see in [[Ulysses/Sirens]] (Chapter 11), heavy in onomatopoeia. The gestation of an infant begins in chaos, the assembly of life, from a single cell into a complex organism.

	The trimesters begin with a senseless onomatopoeia - and the opening "Deshil Holles Eamus" is something you would expect to see in Chapter 11, heavy in onomatopoeia. The gestation of an infant begins in chaos, the assembly of life, from a single cell into a complex organism.		The next trimester is grammatically sensible, but primitive-sounding, like an incantation. The woman delivering the baby is Mrs. Mina Purefoy, who came up in [[Ulysses/Lestrygonians]] (Chapter 8), by accident, when Mr. Bloom is asking Mrs. Breen about Phillip Beaufoy and she mis-hears him. The doctor who is delivering the baby is Dr. Andrew J. Horne, referenced by the Horhorne of the second part of this opening chant.

	The next trimester is grammatically sensible, but primitive-sounding, like an incantation. The woman delivering the baby is Mrs. Mina Purefoy, who came up in Chapter ~~5, Lotus Eaters~~, by accident, when Mr. Bloom is asking Mrs. Breen about Phillip Beaufoy and she mis-hears him. The doctor who is delivering the baby is Dr. Andrew J. Horne, referenced by the Horhorne of the second part of this opening chant.

	The last trimester, still senseless, sounds more like street slang or a "modern" exclamation.		The last trimester, still senseless, sounds more like street slang or a "modern" exclamation.

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	The opening is divided into three paragraphs of three sentences, each consisting of three parts. The paragraphs represent the three trimesters of pregnancy, each consisting of three months, which can be further divided into months, as the paragraphs are divided into sentences. Those can be divided into weeks, just as each of the three repeated sentences are divided into three component pieces.		The opening is divided into three paragraphs of three sentences, each consisting of three parts. The paragraphs represent the three trimesters of pregnancy, each consisting of three months, which can be further divided into months, as the paragraphs are divided into sentences. Those can be divided into weeks, just as each of the three repeated sentences are divided into three component pieces.

	(Gives you an appreciation for the fascination people have with the complex, highly individualized, yet universal, process of		(Gives you an appreciation for the fascination people have with the complex, highly individualized, yet universal, process of pregnancy.)

	The trimesters begin with a senseless onomatopoeia - and the opening "Deshil Holles Eamus" is something you would expect to see in Chapter 11, heavy in onomatopoeia. The gestation of an infant begins in chaos, the assembly of life, from a single cell into a complex organism.		The trimesters begin with a senseless onomatopoeia - and the opening "Deshil Holles Eamus" is something you would expect to see in Chapter 11, heavy in onomatopoeia. The gestation of an infant begins in chaos, the assembly of life, from a single cell into a complex organism.

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	A reference to the death of Stephen's mother, first mentioned in Chapter 1, Telemachus; a story that references Father Conmee's walk in [[Ulysses/Wandering Rocks]] (Chapter 10); the result of the horse race that is the subject of so many characters' speculations throughout the day (notably, [[Ulysses/Lotus Eaters]] Chapter 5, and [[Ulysses/Lestrygonians]] Chapter 8).		A reference to the death of Stephen's mother, first mentioned in Chapter 1, Telemachus; a story that references Father Conmee's walk in [[Ulysses/Wandering Rocks]] (Chapter 10); the result of the horse race that is the subject of so many characters' speculations throughout the day (notably, [[Ulysses/Lotus Eaters]] Chapter 5, and [[Ulysses/Lestrygonians]] Chapter 8).

	Throughout Ulysses, the two narrative threads have followed Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom, and several times, these characters have just brushed past one another. The first time is in [[Ulysses/Hades]] Chapter 6, when Bloom spots Stephen from the carriage. There are more encounters in [[Ulysses/Aeolus]] Chapter 7, and [[Ulysses/Scylla and ~~Charybdis~~]] Chapter 9, but the characters never have a proper meeting or a talk during any of these encounters.		Throughout Ulysses, the two narrative threads have followed Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom, and several times, these characters have just brushed past one another. The first time is in [[Ulysses/Hades]] Chapter 6, when Bloom spots Stephen from the carriage. There are more encounters in [[Ulysses/Aeolus]] Chapter 7, and [[Ulysses/Scylla and Cherybdis]] Chapter 9, but the characters never have a proper meeting or a talk during any of these encounters.

	Thus, [[Ulysses/Oxen of the Sun]] Chapter 14 represents the first time these two characters have a substantive encounter.		Thus, [[Ulysses/Oxen of the Sun]] Chapter 14 represents the first time these two characters have a substantive encounter.

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	A reference to the death of Stephen's mother, first mentioned in Chapter 1, Telemachus; a story that references Father ~~Comnee~~'s walk in Chapter 10~~, Wandering Rocks~~; the result of the horse race that is the subject of so many characters' speculations throughout the day (notably, Chapter 5~~, Lotus Eaters~~, and Chapter 8~~, Lestrygonians~~).		A reference to the death of Stephen's mother, first mentioned in Chapter 1, Telemachus; a story that references Father Conmee's walk in [[Ulysses/Wandering Rocks]] (Chapter 10); the result of the horse race that is the subject of so many characters' speculations throughout the day (notably, [[Ulysses/Lotus Eaters]] Chapter 5, and [[Ulysses/Lestrygonians]] Chapter 8).

	Throughout Ulysses, the two narrative threads have followed Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom, and several times, these characters have just brushed past one another. The first time is in Chapter 6~~, Hades~~, when Bloom spots Stephen from the carriage. There are more encounters in Chapter 7~~, Aeolus~~, and ~~Chapter 9,~~ Scylla and Charybdis, but the characters never have a proper meeting or a talk during any of these encounters. ~~Chapter 14~~, Oxen of the Sun, represents the first time these two characters have a substantive encounter.		Throughout Ulysses, the two narrative threads have followed Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom, and several times, these characters have just brushed past one another. The first time is in [[Ulysses/Hades]] Chapter 6, when Bloom spots Stephen from the carriage. There are more encounters in [[Ulysses/Aeolus]] Chapter 7, and [[Ulysses/Scylla and Charybdis]] Chapter 9, but the characters never have a proper meeting or a talk during any of these encounters.

			Thus, [[Ulysses/Oxen of the Sun]] Chapter 14 represents the first time these two characters have a substantive encounter.

	(Ironically, the passage where it happens seems relatively anticlimactic: the fact that Stephen is present when Bloom arrives at the hospital is buried halfway into a paragraph listing the various persons at the hospital.)		(Ironically, the passage where it happens seems relatively anticlimactic: the fact that Stephen is present when Bloom arrives at the hospital is buried halfway into a paragraph listing the various persons at the hospital.)

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	==Part 6: With this came up Lenehan==		==Part 6: With this came up Lenehan==

			===TBA===

	==Part 7: Our worthy acquaintance==		==Part 7: Our worthy acquaintance==

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	=Summary, Explanation, Notes=		=Summary, Explanation, Notes=

	==Part 1 Deshil Holles Eamus==		==Part 1: Deshil Holles Eamus==

	We covered the structure of the chapter, hinted at by the opening lines.		We covered the structure of the chapter, hinted at by the opening lines.
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	The sentences shorten; the chapter transitions into strange sentences, not entirely sensible and yet still somewhat sensible, somehow. The sentences have a peculiar rhythm - as Gilbert puts it, the "monosyllabic tramp of lumpish assonance like the thudding of the hoofs of oxen." This, Gilbert tells us, is the sound of early Anglo-Saxon. It continues up to the section		The sentences shorten; the chapter transitions into strange sentences, not entirely sensible and yet still somewhat sensible, somehow. The sentences have a peculiar rhythm - as Gilbert puts it, the "monosyllabic tramp of lumpish assonance like the thudding of the hoofs of oxen." This, Gilbert tells us, is the sound of early Anglo-Saxon. It continues up to the section

	==Part 2 The man that was come in==		==Part 2: The man that was come in==

	===Entering the party===		===Entering the party===
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	==3 For they were right witty scholars==		==Part 3: For they were right witty scholars==

	So far, Bloom has walked into the room where the medical students are having a discussion and drinking session, but nothing has happened yet.		So far, Bloom has walked into the room where the medical students are having a discussion and drinking session, but nothing has happened yet.
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	==4 To be short this passage was scarce==		==Part 4: To be short this passage was scarce==

	The "To bed, to bed" here is a reference to of Lady Macbeth's lines from the scene where she is washing her hands while sleepwalking:		The "To bed, to bed" here is a reference to of Lady Macbeth's lines from the scene where she is washing her hands while sleepwalking:
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	==5 But was young Boasthard==		==Part 5: But was young Boasthard==

	In this passage, we get a callback to Chapter 12, [[Ulysses/Cyclops]], when The Citizen is making fun of Leopold Bloom. The phrase used here, "phenomenon," is used by the citizen to make fun of Bloom.		In this passage, we get a callback to Chapter 12, [[Ulysses/Cyclops]], when The Citizen is making fun of Leopold Bloom. The phrase used here, "phenomenon," is used by the citizen to make fun of Bloom.
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	==6 With this came up Lenehan==		==Part 6: With this came up Lenehan==

	==7 Our worthy acquaintance==		==Part 7: Our worthy acquaintance==

	==8 Here the listener==		==Part 8: Here the listener==

	==9 Accordingly he broke his mind==		==Part 9: Accordingly he broke his mind==

	==10 But Malachias tale began==		==Part 10 But Malachias tale began==

	==11 The voices that blend and fuse==		==Part 11 The voices that blend and fuse==

	==12 However as a matter of fact==		==Part 12 However as a matter of fact==

	==13 Meanwhile the skill and patience==		==Part 13 Meanwhile the skill and patience==

	==14 Mark this farther and remember==		==Part 14 Mark this farther and remember==

	==15 Hurroo==		==Part 15 Hurroo==

	=Links=		=Links=

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	that is in their Maid's Tragedy that was writ for a like twining of lovers: ''To bed, to bed,'' was the burden of it to be played with accompanable concent upon the virginals.		that is in their Maid's Tragedy that was writ for a like twining of lovers: '''To bed, to bed,''' was the burden of it to be played with accompanable concent upon the virginals.
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	The following passage is quite a mounthful and is precisely why this chapter needs to be heard, read with the ears~~, not just read~~ with the eyes:		The following passage is quite a mounthful and is precisely why this chapter needs to be heard (read with the ears) - reading with the eyes doesn't do the chapter justice:

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	==4 To be short this passage was scarce==		==4 To be short this passage was scarce==

	A reference to Lady Macbeth:		The "To bed, to bed" here is a reference to of Lady Macbeth's lines from the scene where she is washing her hands while sleepwalking:

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	that is in their Maid's Tragedy that was writ for a like twining of lovers: To bed, to bed, was the burden of it to be played with accompanable concent upon the virginals.		that is in their Maid's Tragedy that was writ for a like twining of lovers: ''To bed, to bed,'' was the burden of it to be played with accompanable concent upon the virginals.
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