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Three Shakespearean
Double Dactyls

I. Titus Andronicus

Fiddledy-diddledy
Titus Andronicus
Wouldn’t show mercy, let
Alarbus die. 

Vengeful Tamora’s turned
Anthropophagical,
Eating the rest of her
Sons in a pie.

II. Romeo and Juliet

Hufflety-pufflety
Romeo Montague
Haplessly falls for a
Capulet’s charm.  

Formerly quarrelling
Patresfamilias
Reconcile after their
Kids buy the farm.
 

III. Richard III


Hickory-dickory
Cardinal Bourchier
Has a grand total of
Four lines to say.

Other names suitably
Double-dactylian
Sadly don’t feature at
All in this play.


Rob Stuart

If you have any comments on this poem, Rob Stuart would be pleased to hear from you.

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