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I tried a Project Gutenberg book of poetry recently and bounced fast. The first two stanzas of the first poem made me cackle with how overblown they were. Literally cackle, and I'm glad to have read them, but they weren't meant to be funny, and I couldn't read a whole 150 pages of that.

I have to share, though.

( First two stanzas of Saga of the Oak )

I'd feel much worse laughing at the poem if the poet weren't a century dead. It would still be funny, but I'd feel bad if there was a chance anyone who knew him might know.