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I beg forgiveness for writing in rhyming couplets. I didn’t want to. Honest.
Typewriter: 1946 Smith-Corona Silent
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The couplet gets a bad rap. What would a Shakespearean sonnet be without the lowly couplet? Hell, I proposed using a sonnet, and the titular question was phrased in a couplet.
¡Viva el couplet!
Comment by Mike.Speegle — October 27, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
Couplets and bad raps and titular questions…
OH MY!
Comment by monda — October 29, 2008 @ 5:21 pm
Monda, feel free to use this in your classroom as an example of how not to write!
However, when thinking of politics, a childish, repetitive, relentlessly staccato sing-song seemed the natural way to go.
Comment by olivander — October 29, 2008 @ 5:29 pm