By Irony, Constructions

Forbes wrote:With equal respect, Stannum, I fear you have failed to detect the irony in my post.I was only joking is about equal with 'the cat ate my homework'. I saw and see no ironic language nor construction in your referenced post but of course I take your word for it and I will be more...

﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋﹋ {quote=MrPedantic} She isn't greatly missing her family. Yes, those are all fine. But a strange thing: without context, the positive versions of these sentences sound 'straightforward'. They mean what they say. But the negative versions have an air...

That's ok, SxS. Let's label your subjects as follows: 1. modern society 2. beauty of nature 3. carpe diem 4. timelessness 5. elements of Romanticism I'll put these numbers in brackets next to passages you could consider in each case, with a brief note on how to look at them. 1That's my last...