(Or, from light verse to trite verse in one easy step)
1.
Here is the grave of Norman Ned -
This man is born, but not yet dead.
His life goes by from day to day
In (more or less) a normal way.
2.
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league backward!
Out of the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Backward, the Light Brigade!
"Watch out for guns!" he said:
Out of the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
3.
Jan stood upon the jagged cliff and cried
"I can't go on! This is the end of me!"
The clouds grew dark. The wind was cold. So Jan
Drove into town and had a cup of tea.
4.
The boy jumped off the burning deck...
Looky here: there's no evidence on show that these are, in fact, penultimate words.
ReplyDeleteYou're have a lend of us!
Not at all. These words are the penultimate words before the ultimate penultimate words. They're the penultimate penultimates! They're very penultimate!
ReplyDeleteAh, the antepenultimate words!
ReplyDeleteWhy the heck didn't you just say that the first time.
Here lies Lester Moore
ReplyDeleteFour slugs from a .44
No Les No More.
My favourite Boot Hill inscription.