It appears that Horace Smith was wordy rather than witty.

Max, you're right. A better title may have been

"A futile attempt at writing a poem which will make others think that I am on the same intellectual plane as P.B Shelley any day of the week."

I think that mine is much pithier and to the point than his.

We could have a competition coming up with better titles to Smith's poem than Smith managed!


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