It was like talking to a brick wall. I elevated my voice slightly.
“Hey, four-eyes!”
Yuck. Not only is he blind, he’s deaf too… I was considering poking him with a ruler when I heard a semi-cough right above me. Again.
“Any questions, young lady?”
“No, Sir.”
Question 2a: Define a metrical foot used in the following poem.
He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packed,
With his name painted clearly on each:
But, since he omitted to mention the fact,
They were all left behind on the beach.
The loss of his clothes hardly mattered, because
He had seven coats on when he came,
With three pair of boots—but the worst of it was,
He had wholly forgotten his name.
He would answer to “Hi!” or to any loud cry,
Such as “Fry me!” or “Fritter my wig!”
To “What-you-may-call-um!” or “What-was-his-name!”
But especially “Thing-um-a-jig!”
1) Trochee
2) Iamb
3) Anapaest
4) Dactyl
Question 3a: What isn’t a forme fixe?
1) Qasida
2) Glosa
3) Sequence
4) Tanaga
I looked around helplessly. No help was within reach. Well… if plan A doesn’t work out then I have to use plan B. So, I gave a shit about that, and began to select answers at random.
The blank space below question 1a was very much in evidence, and my inner perfectionist demanded satisfaction. I knew it was better not to argue as this thought would be like a pebble in my shoe—it would hinder and annoy. I wrote something like, “Prompt at five o’clock, I busted a snaplock, and walked around town in a candy-striped nightgown.”
Then I hesitated over where an adverb of time should be placed in an English sentence. Damn. At the start? At the end? Without philosophizing, I repeated the first line at the end. If need be, I could say that I was nervous and forgot to cross out the wrong line.
With a feeling of satisfaction at a job well done, I turned in my paper and left the amphitheater. I felt a roaring hunger.
by TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2017
This was quite cute and I enjoyed it immensely. Not a true limerick, but still very much fun.
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We’re rather pleased you liked this, Philip. Thanks so much for reading!
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I’m pretty sure if you give a shit here and take a shit there, it all works out in the end. Your testing approach is first rate.
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It all kinda balances out. Yeah, I see what you mean. 🙂
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Fritter my wig
I kind of like that
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Wouldn’t you rather have it sautéed? 😛
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Great flow, loved the rhythm.
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Glad you enjoyed it, James.
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