[Magdalen] The word “me”

[Scott Knitter]

Seems fine to me. Technically it's the wrong case but sounds OK, maybe
because "you and I" defines "us" in a way that is almost outside the
sentence. The "us" is right as the object of "Let," and I think that
satisfies the grammar before the speaker takes a step back and defines who
"us" means. If it's a grammatical sacrifice, it's a small one, and it
almost sounds more correct than the correct "you and me." YMMV, as always.

On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 3:38 PM Mahoney, W. Michael <wmmah at stoneledge.net>
wrote:

> I once asked a lecturer on modern poetry whether T. S.  Eliot had
> sacrificed grammar for rhyme in the opening line of "The Love Song of J.
> Alfred Prufrock".   His initial reaction was "Never" but he did later take
> up the issue with his colleagues at a local university, where he found no
> consensus.
>
> What do you think?  The line in question is:
>
>    *  Let us go then, you and I,*
>
> *When the evening is spread out against the sky*
> *Like a patient etherized upon a table;*
>
> Mike M
>
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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA