<html>I decided to say that I made up my entire poem in a few minutes, as I love to find silly ways to find rhymes for silver and oranges for some reason. Linda<BR><BR>---------- Original Message ----------<BR>From: eLLioTT morEton <emoreton@alum.swarthmore.edu><BR>To: fictionary@swarpa.net<BR>Subject: Re: [Fictionary] fleer results!<BR>Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:17:16 -0500 (EST)<BR><BR>On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Ranjit Bhatnagar wrote:<BR><BR>> Jean-Joseph: I'm guessing that at least one of the learned people here<BR>> will recognize my rip-off of the actual British political couplet from<BR>> long ago:<BR>> The Rat, The Cat, and Lovell the Dog<BR>> Rule all England under the Hog.<BR><BR>News to me! It was pretty clever, and the original author was executed <BR>for it, too:<BR><BR>http://www.answers.com/topic/the-cat-the-rat-and-lovell-the-dog-rule-all-england-under-the-hog<BR><BR>> Jim: 1 point (would have been two if the scansion were more consistent<BR>> between lines 2 and 4)<BR><BR>What's the matter with the scansion? There's a grace note at the start of <BR>Line 2 that isn't there in Line 4, but that's the only difference:<BR><BR>2: (should) he re SOLVE u pon a MI nis try ca REER<BR>4: his um BRE la his ma LA ca or his FLEER<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>em<BR><BR></html>
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