Clerihew: Oscar Wilde

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1. Matthew Lickona says

   April 20, 2012 at 2:32 pm

   You can’t tell, but that piece of paper he’s holding is from Korrektiv Press: “While we found your play ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ on the whole delightful, it remained a trifle…earnest for our Press. Thank you, and we hope you submit again should the mood strike you.”

   Also, best tagline poem ever.

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   • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says

     April 20, 2012 at 11:51 pm

     You’re fantasizing about sending Wilde a rejection letter for The Importance of Being Earnest?

     Matthew Lickona just redefined ‘vanity press’.

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     • Matthew Lickona says

       April 21, 2012 at 7:42 am

       Why else would he look so sad? And why else would we reject him except for earnestness? And why else would he wait so long to convert?

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2. Imelda/Sophia, O.P. says

   April 20, 2012 at 8:53 pm

   The syntactical symmetry of the first clause is perfectly apt.

   Oscar Wilde may be read as both the subject and the object of the verb phrase, a bit of linguistic dexterity that would no doubt delight him immensely.

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   • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says

     April 20, 2012 at 11:49 pm

     A Dominican and a grammarian to boot!

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   • Jonathan Potter says

     April 21, 2012 at 9:52 am

     Nice! (Poem and exegesis thereof.) OP tag teaming at its best.

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3. Bernardo says

   April 21, 2012 at 9:23 am

   Pretty brilliant little poem Angelico.

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   • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says

     April 21, 2012 at 9:43 am

     Thank you kindly, sir!

     Of him to whom little brilliance is given, from him little brilliance shall be required.

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     • Matthew Lickona says

       April 21, 2012 at 9:46 am

       Little Brilliances: The Angelico Nguyen, Esq. OP Story

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       • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says

         April 21, 2012 at 11:38 am

         I’ve put my brilliance into my lollyblogging; I’ve put only my talent into the day job.

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     • Bernardo says

       April 23, 2012 at 7:25 am

       Hey! Hey! I was saying the POEM was little, not the brilliance!

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       • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says

         April 23, 2012 at 8:20 am

         I know, Bernardo. But that little poem contains all the brilliance I could manage, ergo….

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4. Paul S. says

   April 22, 2012 at 3:06 pm

   ooh clerihews! any readers of Gilbert Magazine here?

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   • Angelico Nguyen, Esq., OP says

     April 22, 2012 at 4:31 pm

     Gilbert Keith
     Deserves a laurel wreath;
     Rather often, however,
     He was halfway too clever.

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