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The opening poem contains all the words (or variations of them) from today's Jumble.
Comments are welcomed! And couching them in Poetry is definitely NOT required.
Do not explicitly reveal any of the actual answer words until after closing time, but embedding them surreptitiously in comment sentences is encouraged.
It is a maxim that a single man,
ReplyDeleteIn possession of a good fortune,
must be in want of a wife.
Thus Pride And Prejudice began,
And tiptoed on from distortion
To justify that rule of life.
We've seen of late, some billionaires
Have shed their wives, who hampered
Their new style of bachelorhood.
One had caused his spouse some cares
Consorting with a friend who pandered
To base urges that were not good.
The other immersed himself in hobby
Of voyaging into sub-orbital space
In his own financed rocket
His expertise at commerce not shabby
Genteel teas didn't fit his manic pace,
With a fortune in his pocket.
Ugh. ABCABC is not pretty. But I was straitjacketed by Ms. Austin's locution, even if I did change the first part of it. And after Keith's lesson yesterday, I'm sure the rhythm here is atrocious. Still, the story comes thru, I think.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I've never read P&P, nor any of Austin or Brontes' novels.
Well, I like this. Cute. Makes at least some sense both ways. And I do love Earl Grey.
ReplyDeleteBut you'll never believe how wrong I was about clue four. My unscrambling error actually gave me the right letters, though, so I guess it was ok.
"The Expertise of Chic"
ReplyDeleteWe know a maxim well tested by the vag'ries of time:
that nothing hampers the man who tiptoes with style.
~ OMK
"Sorting Courting"
ReplyDeleteFlorence was a flirt
and at romance an expert.
She had a winning smile
which gave her a charming style.
So as soon as she met Maxim
she felt she had to fax him.
But Maxim was not one to pamper
and this did their relationship hamper.
And so Florence had to go slow
and pursue him on tiptoe
her affection to let him know.
She invited him to teas
and served him cakes and cheese
which certainly did him please.
Now Flo is no longer hurt
and Maxim is no longer curt.
They've gone on a ride in a carriage
and are even discussing marriage.
I like these stanzas, Owen. But I believe they are a matter of taste. When we go with such a rhyme scheme, it alters how we absorb the rhythm of a piece.
ReplyDeleteI tend to "hear" rather than just "see" meter on the page. By delaying the echo effect, we don't feel the throb marking the ends of each of the three-line breaks. Some people prefer getting their treats faster, sooner.
But read aloud these seem to be neat prose passages. I think we pay more attention to your tale.
The rhymes kick in later, as a pleasant effect, a Crackerjack prize!
~ OMK