Clarice Lispector, renowned brazilian writer and poetress, with simple phrases wrote a little masterpiece. The phrases (a version into English) she used are shown below, but not in order. Once you realized the proper order youīll find out the beauty of what she wrote because, if you read it downwards, itīs the end of a love affair, and if you read it upwards, itīs a confession of a great passion. Can you just rearrange the phrases below to achieve this? You canīt add anything and the punctuations already made belong to the phrases where they are. All the initials I capitalized deliberately to make it not too easy, but in the original only those who start a phrase are capitalized.
I still want you, as I always did.
I`m sure that
I feel inside that
I already forgot you!
I`ll be lying if I say that
And Iīll never use again the phrase
Nothing was in vain.
Sorry, but I must tell you the truth:
You donīt mean anything to me.
I love you!
I couldnīt ever say that
Itīs too late...
I donīt love you anymore.
I preserve a great love.
I feel more and more that
(In reply to
What a great puzzle by Bob Smith)
Bob, probably (I didnīt try it) one can succeed in arranging the phrases in a different way from the original.
Your arrangement is good, but one can make some questions like: you started with the phrase "I love you!" and in the middle you say "I feel inside that I donīt love you anymore", what is a contradiction. But some parts are well arranged both ways.
I know that (it happens with me too) not everybody like to "waste" much time in some puzzles. But Iīm sure that they are waiting for the "official answer".
I received this "poem" in an email from a friend, and decided to transform it in a puzzle, so you all could enjoy it too, and at the same time become knowing Clarice. This is more a tribute to her than a simple puzzle (sheīs still alive), their poems are extremely beautiful.
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Posted by pcbouhid
on 2005-09-14 18:22:59 |
re: What a great puzzle
