"The problem with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it."

[larryhammer]

The answer to the challenge is Robert Browning, of all people. The title is, in full, "On Being Defied to Express in a Hexameter: 'You Ought to Sit on the Safety-Valve'" -- and he does just that, seven times in the first seven lines. With some syntactic gymnastics (full disclosure: some lines, while I get the drift, I can't honestly say I can construe them completely).

The implication is that he's addressing himself in the last line: "Imprint on your mind, little Robert, this complicated verse."

I think I'll pass on that, thanks.

---L.

Comments

[azang.livejournal.com]

I loved seeing you mentioned on Editorial Anon's blog yesterday! (http://editorialanonymous.blogspot.com/2008/04/swiss-family-ninjason.html)

[larryhammer]

I was amused.

---L.