| lilac, money, siding, convex, novel ideas.
Image from the Internet, caption by Owen.
The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed!
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd,
ReplyDeleteThe clapboard siding had been doom'd.
It was warping from weather and rain,
Paint was peeling, it looked a shame!
Vinyl panels are what the salesman sold.
For value here, it was as good as gold!
Pricey at first, but it was money well spent.
It wouldn't get convex or concave with a dent.
Once it was on, it would be worry-free.
Imagine an idea of how nice it would be,
Lounging with a novel in a garden groom'd,
Next time lilacs in the dooryard bloom'd!
As Lord Byron famously said of her, "She is never distracted by the flickering lamps in that hovel she is wont to inhabit."
ReplyDelete~ OMK
Okay, I give up. I've searched for Lord Byron, distracted, flickering lamps, hovel she is wont in various combinations and come up blank every time. What the heck are you talking about, Keith?
ReplyDeleteHad some problems with the jumble today and did seek help from your poem, Owen. Thank you for the help and also for the enjoyment. This poem didn't go at all in the direction I thought it would from the first line, but took that clever turn away from lyricism. I did enjoy it no end.
ReplyDeleteOMK's comment and your response sent me off on a Google search too. But I became diverted by finding out more than I ever knew about Mary Shelley. What a fascinating woman. So much more to her than just writing Frankenstein.
LOL, Owen my Byronic lore comes from the deep research I did many years ago when I commisioned & premiered a play called Childe Byron by Romulus Linney. Based on that I swear to you that Byron said no such thing about Ms. Shelley.
ReplyDeleteI remind you that my hints consist primarily, not of facts, but of rhymes, which, awkward as their grammatical support may be, usually stick out through the use of italics.
~ OMK
Delightful poem this morning, Owen--many thanks. It helped me get the first Jumble word which had given me a bit of trouble for some ridiculous reason, but I still finally had to cheat to get the very clever solution. I'm in a bit of a hurry this morning and should have taken more time with it. I liked those ornate chairs in the cartoon drawing but can't figure out what that thing is in the background. And I'll try to look up your Byron discussion later on, Owen and Ol'Man Keith.
ReplyDeleteOMK, your two posts contradict each other. I'm left wondering why you would seem to quite Lord But I and then tell us that he never said what you quoted. And I didn't see any rhyming in either post, so am quite lost as to the relevance of that.
ReplyDeleteAs Cathy would say when confused, "Aaack!"
Lord but I hate the computer corrections. "Quote Lord Byron"!!!
ReplyDeleteOn wait. Is "hovel" the rhyme you mean?
ReplyDeleteI finally got the four words. Actually, I guess that went quick. Then..
ReplyDeleteDEVIL?? VEINS?? LOVED/LOVES. Let's try looking at the picture. And the riddle. (Now if I logged into the J and saw Owen' s picture I'd have had it.
Original ? Oh, there's that V. Finally, tada. Somebody want a hint? Find a way to get rid of a bunch of vowels in one word. Any thoughts?
No. Google has no idea about that hovel except OMK's quote seems to ring a bell. I think I read her(Mary S.) a long time ago. That whole crew hung around together until Byron decided to become a freedom fighter.
WC
There's no contradiction, Sandy. W.C. is on the right track. He got the rhyme last time--back when we were dealing with an other mode (for "mother lode"). You're sniffing in the right direction with "hovel." Now, just add in the next two italicized words, and compare the three with today's solution.
ReplyDeleteSorry to raise such a todo. Owen, I hope this wasn't too surreptitious!
~ OMK
hovel she is
ReplyDeleterhymes (sorta) with
novel ideas.
I think there is a better word than rhyme for words or phrases that sound almost alike. Malaprop, mondagrin, and spoonerism are all close in different ways, but all imply inadvertence. Something like Archie Campbell's "Bleeping Snooty" or Keith's hints deserves another word I know exists, but I can't recall what.
You got it, Owen.
ReplyDelete"Slant rhyme" is sometimes used, but "Near rhyme" will do, no?
In our anglophone world, that is often the best we can do.
~ OMK