Children's Poems
Zev McManus-Mendelowitz
Shakespearean Insults
Zev McManus After researching Shakespearean insults for our insult battle in Mrs. Rodem’s class, I was impressed by how easily one could get away with obscene and inappropriate language simply by quoting Shakespeare. In the chart below, I collected my favorite insults, along with a modern-day translation. Some of these insults may make certain people uncomfortable, so you may not want to read this if you’re easily offended. There is profanity, but please don’t get mad, as I am just quoting Shakspere. Feel free to comment with insults of your own. Insult Where it’s from Meaning/Translation “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.” All’s Well That Ends Well (Act 3, Scene 6) You are a coward, a liar; you break your promises and don’t have a single good quality. “I must tell you friendly in your ear, sell when you can, you are not for all markets.” As You Like It (Act 3 Scene 5) I hate...
Impressive job Zevo, trying to fool me on which poem you actually wrote but ALAS! My mind is too vast and unpredictable for you to predict. Right here, in this very comment, I will expertly prove which poem you have in fact wrote
ReplyDeleteA: This is pretty clearly not it, the word play and general tone are too complex for him. Specifically in the last paragraph if you were to read it out loud the amount of syllables and sound of it is very similar to modern children poetry ergo: too complex for Zev.
B: This one is a little tricky as I do believe it is simple enough for him to write. Specifically when the poem mentions the name Donald, that name is fairly uncommon enough for it to be a reference Zev makes to (Ambiguous political figure). But I think it really sets itself out of Zev's league on the last two lines. The deeper meaning and interesting lesson it provides would feel completely out of place coming from Zev Starfish Mendelowitz's mouth and I think it rules out B
C: He isn't smart enough to write this one
D By process of elimination this is the only one left and it makes sense. The rhyming is dumb, the poem is simple, and lets not forget Zev's strange obsession with elephants
All in all, I think that the answer here is clearly....
C!! you thought you could fool me you sneaky rascal. But i'm on to your cheap games. See you next time you villainous snake.
Mr Mitchell pls don't take points off this is a joke I mean no offense to Zev.
First of all, dang Eli. Second of all, good job with your blog post! Children's books, no matter how cheesy they are, will always have give you that nostalgic feeling. My guess is that you wrote poem A??? (hint hint I purposefully guessed the wrong one because you said to do that. My real guess is C). Anyway, good job!
ReplyDeleteEli dove deeper into this post than he does into the sagas of Chad. The last seems like the obvious choice, until you see that somebody used the word "assent" in a CHILDREN'S POEM. It's also about cats, which is a Zev thing to write about. Although the idea deserves a sizable bologna amount, the only reason this post is getting so many is because I want them to bury you alive. Many bolognas, rain from the skys!
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