10 May
2020
10 May
'20
4:17 a.m.
Gareth wrote:
There are exceptions, but the only ones I can think of are either parodying specific poems or poets (and hence mimicing their diction) or _using_ metrical oddities for comic effect (e.g., something perfectly regular concluding with a last line that's 3x longer than all the others).
I presume you're referring to this famous example...? There was a young man from Japan Whose limericks never would scan. And when they asked why, He said "I do try! But when I get to the last line I try to fit in as many words as I can Best wishes, Adam P. Goucher