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It’s tight poetry, reliant on meter for memorability and often with tricky internal meter, puns, and rhyme. It doesn’t depend on overt culture, but prying it ou
by brians 9y ago
It’s tight poetry, reliant on meter for memorability and often with tricky internal meter, puns, and rhyme. It doesn’t depend on overt culture, but prying it out of its native language works as well as Seuss or Joyce.
- LeifCarrotson 9y agoI agree it's tightly tied to the native language, but I don't think it's particularly tied to its original dialect. It should work well enough in British or Australian English.