The problem with...

[capri0mni]

Writing in iambic pentameter is that it's been used so often before.

There's always a risk that whatever turn of phrase you're puzzling through will wake a slumbering ear worm (And here, I'm using "worm" in the medieval sense, to mean "Dragon")

Just this evening, while trying to compose a line about generations of medical doctors, my brain dug up this gem:

"We are sober men and true" (link to a YouTube video)

We sail the ocean blue,
And our saucy ship's a beauty;
We're sober men and true,
And attentive to our duty.
When the balls whistle free
O'er the bright blue sea,
We stand to our guns all day;
When at anchor we ride
On the Portsmouth tide,
We have plenty of time to play

(repeat, to fill out the musical number)

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

Scary evidence of too much G&S growing up. As soon as I read your link I heard the chorus stomping and singing.

But and then, great artists steal.

[capri0mni]

According to my mother, she and Dad fell in love over a mutual appreciation of G&S. No such thing as "too much!" :-)

[spiralsheep]

Hee!

[capri0mni]

Indeed. At least my brain, for all its quirks, has safeguards to keep me from taking myself too seriously...