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)
“____ chap, he had this _________ with / _________, so he ____ ___ two of my ____”
“Poor chap, he had this obsession with / Triangles, so he left off two of my/ feet” - Not My Best Side (Fanthrope)
“I should have liked a ______ ____ _____ / To ____ they were ______ __ _________.”
“I should have liked a little more blood / To show they were taking me seriously.” - Not My Best Side (Fanthrope)
“He made me feel he was ___ _____ to / ___ me”
“He made me feel he was all ready to / Eat me” - Not My Best Side (Fanthrope)
“The ______ got himself ______ by the ___, / And a ____‘_ got to think of her ______.”
“The dragon got himself beaten by the boy, / And a girl’s got to think of her future.” - Not My Best Side (Fanthrope)
“Don’t you want me to _____ ___ the _____ / That _________ and ____ have ________ for you?”
“Don’t you want me to carry out the roles / That sociology and myth have designed for you?” - Not My Best Side (Fanthrope)
“____, in any case, ____ it ______ what / You want? You’re __ __ ___.”
“What, in any case, does it matter what / You want? You’re in my way.” - Not My Best Side (Fanthrope)
“I was always my ___ worst _____.” / She has _____ even this ____ __.”
“I was always my own worst enemy. / She has taken even this from me.” - My Rival’s House (Lochhead)
“She _______ over ___ and me. / I am all _____, a surface, a _____”
“She glosses over him and me. / I am all edges, a surface, a shell” - My Rival’s House (Lochhead)
“Soon, my _____ / ______ tooth, ______ nail / will _____, _____ ____ for her ________.”
“Soon, my rival / capped tooth, polished nail / will fight, fight foul for her survival.” - My Rival’s House (Lochhead)
“This son she ____ - / _____ _____ to her - / never, never can ______ ____ free”
“This son she bore - / first blood to her - / never, never can escape scot free” - My Rival’s House (Lochhead)
“her ____ tears ______ our soup. / She won’t / ____ __.”
“her salt tears pepper our soup. / She won’t / give up.” - My Rival’s House (Lochhead)
“That’s him _______ the _____ up the hill, the ____ / …____ / ….irk / …berk / …____.”
“That’s him pushing the stone up the hill, the jerk / …kirk / …irk / …berk / …dirk.” - Mrs Sisyphus (Duffy)
“_____ _____ from miles around just to ____. / They think it’s a _____, / a bit of a ____.”
“Flock flock from miles around just to gawk. / They think it’s a quirk, / a bit of a lark.” - Mrs Sisyphus (Duffy)
“that ______’ stone’s no ______ __ / than it’s _______ back / ___ the way ____.”
“that feckin’ stone’s no sooner up / than it’s rolling back / all the way down.” - Mrs Sisyphus (Duffy)
“Mustn’t _____ - / keen as a ____, / lean as a _____ / _____‘_ _____!”
“Mustn’t shirk - / keen as a hawk, / lean as a shark / Mustn’t shirk!” - Mrs Sisyphus (Duffy)
“I lie _____ in the ___, / feeling like ____‘_ ____ did”
“I lie alone in the dark, / feeling like Noah’s wife did” - Mrs Sisyphus (Duffy)
“he is giving ___ _______ percent and ____ to his ____.”
“he is giving one hundred percent and more to his work.” - Mrs Sisyphus (Duffy)
“through _______ ______, and ___, we’are ___”
“through parents grudge, and you, we’are met” - The Flea (Donne)
“what _______ thou canst make us _____! / Wi’ _______, we ____ nae ____/ … we’ll ____ the _____!”
“What dangers thou canst make us scorn! / Wi’ tippeny, we fear nae evil/… we’ll face the devil!” - Tam O’Shanter
“she was ______ __, one ___ in _____”
“she was slapped up one day in March” - Sunny Prestatyn (Larkin)
“why should my ______ be so / __________ as to be _______”
“why should my victim be so / unattractive as to be inedible” - Not My Best Side (Fanthrope)
“he might have ____, _________ or even / ___ ______”
“he might have acne, blackheads or even / bad breath” - Not My Best Side
“silver _____-_____ and silver ______, / my rival ______ us ___”
“silver sugar-tongs and silver salver, / my rival serves us tea” - My Rival’s House (Lochead)
“____ of the house. / _____ ___.”
“Lady of the house. / Queen bee.” - My Rival’s House
“A load of ___ ________ is nearer the _____.”
“A load of old bollocks is nearer the mark.” - Mrs Sisyphus (Duffy)
“My _____ reduced to a ______, / my _____ to a _______ _____”
“My voice reduced to a squawk, / my smile to a twisted smirk” - Mrs Sisyphus (Duffy)
“Nor _____‘_ _____, nor _____‘_ _____ / … he made them ____ before he __‘_”
“Nor widow’s sighs, nor orphan’s tears / … he made them weep before he dy’d” - A Satirical Elegy (Swift)
“A _________, __________, drunken ______”
“A blethering, blustering, drunken bellum” - Tam O’Shanter
“_____ may be _____, but Tam was _______”
“Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious” - Tam O’ Shanter
“_______ and witches in a _____/ … there sat ____ ____”
“Warlocks and witches in a dance/ … there sat auld Nick” - Tam O’Shanter
