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amphigory= a piece of nonsense writingAh, I recall this term, as I always liked the sound of it. I thought it meant "flowery" rather than plain nonsensical though. It is by SwinburneHmmm, don't I recall that Swinburne was absolutely slated by others - John Donne or Alexamder Pope or someone in particular? Might imply that his "straight" poetry is just as crap as "Nephelisis".  Will LIU...
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thought it meant "flowery" rather than plain nonsensical though.
And I always thought it had a connotation of seeming to go somewhere but never quite making it. Edward Gorey's Willowdale Handcar was, to me, a classic example.
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It's certainly full of alliterations.
But looking at the rhyming structure:
A B A B
C D C D
E
It resembles a Shakespearean sonnet which follows:
A B A B
C D C D
E F E F
G H G H
I I
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Shakespearean sonnet: Three quatrains and a couplet.
Isn't there an extra quatrain here, A&O?
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Also Mrs Regera Dowdy and Ogdred Weary.
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Shakespearean sonnet: Three quatrains and a couplet.
Isn't there an extra quatrain here, A&O?
I believe you're right slithytoves.
My appologies for my mistake.
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Dear A&O: and what pray tell, was the orangin of your need for apple-ology?
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