Comic Poetry - Quotes Flashcards
“It ______ __ first, and now _____ ____, / And in this ____, our two ______ _______ be”
“It sucked me first, and now sucks thee, / And in this flea, our two bloods mingled be” - The Flea (Donne)
“three _____ in ___ ____ _____, / Where we almost, yea more than ______ are.”
“three lives in one flea spare, / Where we almost, yea more than married are.” - The Flea (Donne)
“this ____‘_ _____ took ____ from thee.”
“this flea’s death took life from thee.” - The Flea (Donne)
“_____ and ______, hast thou since / _______ thy ____ in _____ of ________?”
“Cruel and sudden, hast thou since / Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence?” - The Flea (Donne)
“His _____! _________! what ____! / Of ___ ___ too, and in his ___!”
“His Grace! impossible! what dead! / Of old age too, and in his bed!” - A Satirical Elegy (Swift)
“He _____ his ______ to the _____; / … He left behind such a _____ _____.”
“He burnt his candle to the snuff; / … He left behind such a great stink.” - A Satirical Elegy (Swift)
“From all his ___-___ _______ flung, / Turn’d to that ____ from ______ he ______.”
“From all his ill-got honours flung, / Turn’d to that dirt from whence he sprung.” - A Satirical Elegy (Swift)
“The last ____ _____ must ____ ___ now.”
“The last loud trump must wake him now” - A Satirical Elegy (Swift)
“Ye _______ rais’d by ______ of ____; / Who _____ upon the ____ of ____.”
“Ye bubbles rais’d by breath of Kings; / Who float upon the tide of state” - A Satirical Elegy (Swift)
“But _________ are like _______ spread / You _____ the _______, its bloom is ____”
“But pleasures are like poppies spread /You seize the flower, its bloom is shed” - Tam O’Shanter (Burns)
“That ______, a _____ might understand, / The ____ had ________ on his ____”
“That night, a child might understand, / The Deil had business on his hand.” - Tam O’Shanter (Burns)
“Gathering her _____, like a gathering _____”
“Gathering her brows like a gathering storm” - Tam O’Shanter (Burns)
“_______ stood round, like ____ _______”
“Coffins stood round, like open presses” - Tam O’Shanter (Burns)
“‘Weel done, _____-____’ / And in an instant ___ ___ ____”
“‘Weel done, Cutty-sark’ / And in an instant all was dark”
“________ Tam O’Shanter’s ____.”
“Remember Tam O’Shanter’s mare.” - Tam O’Shanter (Burns)
“________ _____ satin”
“Tautened white satin” - Sunny Prestatyn (Larkin)
“Behind her, a ____ of coast, a / _____ with _____ / Seemed to ______ from her ______ and / Spread ______-_______ arms”
“Behind her, a hunk of coast, a / Hotel with palms / Seemed to expand from her thighs and / Spread breast-lifting arms” - Sunny Prestatyn (Larkin)
“her ____ / Was _______-toothed and ____-____; / Huge ____ and a fissured ______”
“her face / Was snaggle-toothed and boss-eyed; / Huge tits and a fissured crotch” - Sunny Prestatyn (Larkin)
“Between her ____ […] a tuberous ____ and _____”
“Between her legs […] a tuberous cock and balls” - Sunny Prestatyn (Larkin)
“Now _____ _____ is there”
“Now Fight Cancer is there.” - Sunny Prestatyn (Larkin)
