tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179119864914364117.post5621001404810514363..comments2023-05-20T10:48:26.502-05:00Comments on The Limericist: PD300-301. Two ungodly onesThe Limericisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295894333491128936noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5179119864914364117.post-65095748217088702972017-06-26T15:15:04.617-05:002017-06-26T15:15:04.617-05:00Mr. Limericist: You have precisely reproduced the ...Mr. Limericist: You have precisely reproduced the Gibraltar poem as it appears in Legman's "The Limerick" (oddly, his collection's #299). But as an adherent to the "continuous syllable mandate" for lines 3-5, I think scansion is improved by adding a word to L5:<br /> Should both answer her prayers and assault her.<br /><br />Given the setting, would The Supreme Being render the rape as a Barbary Ape and thus Leda to her Swan song?<br /><br />As for PD301 "Mad" Kane would certainly approve of its having rhymed the final stressed syllable in L1,2 and 5 followed by the identical unstressed "away." OkieJokeynoreply@blogger.com