10  REM  METAFR--BY WM. CRANE AND ENGLISH CLASS, WODDSIDE HS
20  DIM A$[72],B$[72],C$[72],D$[72],E$[72],F$[72]
30  PRINT "HAVE YOU EVER ACTUALLY TOUCHED A THOUGHT OR AN IDEA?"
40  PRINT "HAVE YOU EVER TOUCHED PATRIOTISM? A MATHEMATICAL THEOREM?"
50  PRINT "MANIFEST DESTINY?  NEWTON'S LAWS OF MOTION?  HAVE YOU EVER"
55  PRINT "TOUCHED, HEARD, SMELLED, SEEN OR TASTED FEELINGS OR EMOTIONS?"
70  PRINT "HAVE YOU SEEN OR TOUCHED A LOVE? A HATE? A JOY? A FEAR?"
80  PRINT 
90  PRINT "WHAT DOES A LOVE LOOK LIKE?"
100  INPUT A$
110  PRINT "WHAT DOES A HATE SOUND LIKE?"
120  INPUT B$
130  PRINT "DOES PATRIOTISM FEEL ROUGH OR SMOOTH OR SOMETHING ELSE WHEN"
140  PRINT "YOU TOUCH IT?"
150  INPUT C$
170  PRINT 
180  PRINT A$","
190  PRINT B$","
200  PRINT C$","
210  PRINT 
220  PRINT "DO THESE WORDS CONVEY TO YOU THE FEELINGS ASSOCIATED WITH"
230  PRINT "LOVE, HATE AND PATRIOTISM?"
240  INPUT E$
250  PRINT "LET US TRY ANOTHER EXAMPLE:"
260  PRINT "IN YOUR IMAGINATION TAKE A WALK ALL ALONE ON AN AUTUMN DAY"
270  PRINT "IN THE WOODS.  THE LEAVES ARE CHANGING COLOR AND BEGINNING"
280  PRINT "TO FALL.  AS YOU WALK, YOU HAVE A FEELING OF AUTUMN AS A"
290  PRINT "TIME OF DYING SPLENDOR.  SOMEHOW YOU FEEL IT IS A TIME"
300  PRINT "OF REGRET, YET IT IS BEAUTIFUL TOO.  YOU STOP WALKING AND"
310  PRINT "SIT DOWN, WATCHING THE LEAVES SILENTLY FALL."
320  PRINT "WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE LEAVES FALL?  HOW DO THEY FALL?"
330  PRINT "CAN YOU SAY IT IN THREE LINES?"
340  PRINT 
350  INPUT A$
360  INPUT B$
370  INPUT C$
380  PRINT 
390  PRINT "THAT WAS VERY GOOD.  NOW LET US EXTEND THIS IMAGE."
400  PRINT 
410  PRINT "AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE LEAVES FALLING, YOU ALSO THINK OF YOUR"
420  PRINT "OWN LIFE PASSING. YOU THINK OF WAYS MEN HAVE TRIED TO STOP"
430  PRINT "TIME, WAYS MEN HAVE TRIED TO ACQUIRE IMMORTALITY.  VISIONS"
440  PRINT "FLASH THROUGH YOUR MIND OF STATUES AND PRYAMIDS,"
450  PRINT "PORTRAITS AND ARTIFACTS WHICH SURVIVE THE DEATH OF THEIR"
460  PRINT "MAKERS."
470  PRINT 
480  PRINT "AS IF BREAKING FREE FROM A TRANCE, YOU GET UP AND"
490  PRINT "RETURN HOME.  BECAUSE YOUR WALK HAS LEFT A STRANGE IMPRES-"
500  PRINT "SION ON YOU, YOU DECIDE TO TELL A CLOSE FRIEND ABOUT IT. "
510  PRINT "BUT YOUR FRIEND HAS MOVED TO A SMALL TOWN IN MONTANA, SO"
520  PRINT "YOU DECIDE TO WRITE TO HIM.  YOU DON'T WANT TO BE LONG"
530  PRINT "WINDED, BECAUSE YOU REASON THAT SOMETHING CRUCIAL ABOUT YOUR"
540  PRINT "WALK WOULD BE LOST IF YOU OVER EXPLAINED IT.  SO YOU TRY TO"
550  PRINT "CONDENSE EVERYTHING YOU FELT AND THOUGHT AND SAW INTO FEWER"
560  PRINT "WORDS THAN YOU USED IN YOUR EARLIER ATTEMPTS."
570  PRINT "(CAN YOU TRY THREE SHORTER LINES THIS TIME?)"
580  PRINT 
590  INPUT D$
600  INPUT D$
610  INPUT D$
620  PRINT 
630  PRINT A$
640  PRINT B$
650  PRINT C$
660  PRINT 
670  PRINT "HOW MANY THINGS CAN YOU SEE, FEEL, TASTE, HEAR, OR TOUCH?"
680  PRINT "IN YOUR FIRST ATTEMPT TO SAY WHAT YOU SAW?"
690  INPUT D$
700  PRINT "HOW MANY IN YOUR LAST ATTEMPT?"
710  INPUT D$
720  PRINT 
730  PRINT "IF WE CAN'T ACTUALLY GRAB HOLD OF IDEAS OF FEELINGS AND"
740  PRINT "SNIFF THEM AND LICK THEM, WE CAN ALMOST SNAG THEM BY USING AS BAIT"
750  PRINT "TANGIBLE THINGS THAT WE CAN SEE SMELL TOUCH TASTE OR"
760  PRINT "HEAR.  THE FOLLOWING POEM (IT HAS 19 WORDS) TRIES TO EXPRESS"
770  PRINT "THE SAME FEELINGS AND IDEAS IN THAT LETTER TO YOUR FRIEND"
780  PRINT 
790  PRINT "ONE BY ONE,"
800  PRINT "BRANCH BY BRANCH,"
810  PRINT "LEAVES TOPPLE,"
820  PRINT "ZIGZAG"
830  PRINT "THROUGH MOTIONLESS OCTOBER,"
840  PRINT "STRUGGLE,"
850  PRINT "FOUNDER- -"
860  PRINT "GOLDEN BIRDS"
870  PRINT "WITH BROKEN WINGS."
875  PRINT 
880  PRINT "IF THIS POEM SUCCEEDS IN SAYING MOST OF THE THINGS YOU TRIED"
890  PRINT "TO SAY, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY POETRY IS OFTEN CONSIDERED"
900  PRINT "THE MOST ECONOMICAL FORM OF SPEECH WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH"
910  PRINT "FEELINGS, ATTITUDES, AND EMOTIONS WHICH ARE MIXED TOGETHER"
920  PRINT "WITH THOUGHTS AND IDEAS."
930  END 
