Shakespearean doggerel
Jul. 25th, 2015 07:03 amDoes anyone lie awake at 4 a.m. and wonder why, if Shakespeare wrote in iambs, his character names tend toward dactyls or amphibraches? Or is it just me lying awake in the wee hours going:
Higgilty piggilty Romeo and Juliet
Ruin the meter in which their plays scan
Benedict and his dear Beatrice likewise, and
Richard the Third, that poor mistreated man
Higgilty piggilty Romeo and Juliet
Ruin the meter in which their plays scan
Benedict and his dear Beatrice likewise, and
Richard the Third, that poor mistreated man