Ode to Olde Underwear
Ode to Olde Underwear 1951 (Dayton OHq)
How my briefs are tattered, torn,
Leaving me so sad, forlorn.
Sunday undies, (w)hol(l)[e]y white,
Do not fit the Bill just right.
When I wear ‘em I get edgy,
‘Cause they gather, instant wedgy.
And, oh yes, the breezy draft
On my cold, uncovered aft.
Say, now, Apples, Grapes and Peaches,
Can you fix the gaping bre(e/a)ches?
“Yes,” say they with glee, not gloom,
“We’ll fetch new ones from the loom!”
Bill Anderson, 2/15/1978
About this poem
This was a poem containing two sets of homonymns / puns. Line 10 denote the usual double-meaning type of pun, but line 3 is a triple pun on the words wholly, holy, and holey, not too commonplace and difficult to achieve unless struck by the Muse, dumb luck, or stroke of genius. The reader will have to judge that. Heckuva poem to compose for a Baptist Seminarian (which I was at the time of writing), don’tcha think?
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Written on February 15, 1978
Submitted by ogre82951 on March 29, 2023
Modified on March 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | AABB CCDD XXEE X |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 445 |
| Words | 90 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
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