Since no-one has complained, I propose to give you the whole
of my animal alphabet in limericks, one by one, starting with ‘a’ and ending
with ‘z’, (duh) in between posts about other things. By the way, the limerick
is one of the few common present-day English language verse forms that is
almost entirely accentual; most other common forms are accentual-syllabic.
I didn’t give you a picture of a vulture, but hope to append
below a picture of an aardvark or two. I must say they look rather charming
creatures. The limerick itself is a useful mnemonic for those frequent occasions when
you rack your brain (or is it ‘wrack’?) for the spelling of ‘aardvark’.
The Aardvark said
‘I should regret it if
they don’t put me first.’ (So competitive.)
His primitive ruse
was simply to use
two ‘a’s, then a third. (So repetitive.)
they don’t put me first.’ (So competitive.)
His primitive ruse
was simply to use
two ‘a’s, then a third. (So repetitive.)
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