The poem presents a tongue-in-cheek account of Master Rabbit's overreaction to seeing a human out for a walk. As the poem opens, the narrator, a human, (let's assume he's a man), is enjoying a walk out in nature at the end of a summer day. The man recounts the sights, sounds, and smells that he takes in as he walks: "grasshoppers talking," the smell of roses and thyme, and the amber wings of the linnets as they hop from bush to bush. The narrator then sees a rabbit, whom he dignifies and personifies by calling "Master Rabbit," sitting in the opening of his warren. The conditions are favorable for rabbits that evening, and the narrator implies the rabbit would have liked to sally forth from his den to enjoy the sweet turf that lies beyond. However, seeing the man, Master Rabbit immediately recognizes him as a "foe," and darts back into his hole. The narrator sees a "snowy flit of a scut," that is, the rabbit's tail, as it retreats. But the narrator also hears a "stamp, stamp, stamp!" coming up from underground as Master Rabbit signals a warning to other animals that there is "a Murderer near." The irony is that the man has no intention of doing any harm to the rabbit; his apparent enjoyment of the setting and his respectful manner of addressing the rabbit attest to his lack of animosity. But the rabbit's natural inclination is to view all men as murderers, so there is no potential for either of them to enjoy the other's company or even for them to enjoy the same parcel of nature on this beautiful summer evening. The poem's tone suggests the narrator understands Master Rabbit's fear but perhaps wishes things did not have to be that way.
As a software engineer, I need to sometimes describe a piece of code as something that lacks performance or was not written with performance in mind. Example: This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. Based on my Google searches, this isn't a real word. What is the correct way to describe this? EDIT My usage of "performance" here is in regard to speed and efficiency. For example, the better the performance of code the faster the application runs. My question and example target the negative definition, which is in reference to preventing inefficient coding practices. Answer This kind of coding style leads to unmaintainable and unperformant code. In my opinion, reads more easily as: This coding style leads to unmaintainable and poorly performing code. The key to well-written documentation and reports lies in ease of understanding. Adding poorly understood words such as performant decreases that ease. In addressing the use of such a poorly ...
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