“Every poet knows the pun is Pierian, that it springs from the same soil as the Muse?a matching and shifting of vowels and consonants, an adroit assonance sometimes derided as jackassonance.” KnowsSometimesPoetSpringSoilMuseShiftingPunMatchingVowelsConsonantsAssonance Author:Louis Untermeyer
“God, though this life is but a wraith, Although we know not what we use, Although we grope with little faith, Give me the heart to fight and lose.” KnowsGivingHeartLittlesUseLife IsFightingLosesGive MeThis LifeLittle FaithWraith Book:Selected poems and parodies of Louis Untermeyer Source: Selected poems and parodies of Louis Untermeyer
