Wednesday, October 5, 2016
A Rigidly Formal Clerihew
PIERRE CORNEILLE
Pierre Corneille,
They always say,
Resolutely defies translation
Which rather dampens one's admiration.*
*Not to be mean?
Same deal with Racine.
Labels:
classics,
clerihews,
France,
French,
Jean Racine,
nonsense,
Pierre Corneille,
playwrights,
translations
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