Huh, never heard of a “clarihew” ( https://archive.org/details/biography00chesuoft/page/10) poem before: a sort of shitty limerick about a historical figure. Cute. Named after the author of a book of them.

Biography for beginners : being a collection of miscellaneous examples for the use of upper forms : Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveInternet Archive

Terrible. 😂

a scan of a page the original book from the internet archiveMIGUEL DE CERVANTESThe people of Spain think CervantesEqual to half a dozen Dantes:An opinion resented most bitterly By the people of Italy.
Figure 1. a scan of a page the original book from the internet archiveMIGUEL DE CERVANTESThe people of Spain think CervantesEqual to half a dozen Dantes:An opinion resented most bitterly By the people of Italy..
opposing page, with illustration that looks like a woodcut print or pen drawing of a stack of dantes glaring at a smug cervantes
Figure 2. opposing page, with illustration that looks like a woodcut print or pen drawing of a stack of dantes glaring at a smug cervantes.
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