[db-wg] proposal: haiku object
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Robert S. Plaul
robert at plaul.de
Mon Mar 8 16:32:29 CET 2004
On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Titley, Nigel wrote: > Whilst agreeing that the limerick is possibly restricted in its metrical > form, I cannot agree with the statement that it is restricted to humorous > subjects, and hence at least one of the objections to its general use is > fallacious. $ whois -v limerick [...] The limerick class: The limerick object represents a humorous poem that has five lines and the rhyme scheme "aabba". [...] text Text of the limerick. Must be humorous, but not malicious or insulting. [...] Although IMHO the limerick _is_ considered a humorous poem in literature, the limerick object is not. > My solution to the lack of alternative metrical objects would simply be to > redefine all poetry as limericks. I think, this is a poor solution. Haikus (and Sonnets, etc. respectively) are no limericks and never will be. Do you want the whole world to laugh about the RIPE NCC for not knowing what a limerick is? > Also it has the merit of offering increased > employment opportunities for poets, who would see their services called upon > to rewrite all existing poetry in the limerick form. Sometimes. Maybe. But not every haiku can be rewritten into a limerick. Sometimes a haiku can say more than a thousand words. > Nigel Robert -- RSP-RIPE
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