Oh, the Pain
One of the links I featured in a link dump a while back was to this xkcd cartoon, which noted that poems in ballad meter can be sung to the tune of “Gilligan’s Island.” That sparked a flurry of comments, all suggesting creative ways to completely ruin poetry.
And then pdq dug up this:
I’m…going to go sit in a corner and whimper now.
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November 8th, 2010 at 11:00 am
I “hear” all of Emily Dickinson’s poetry to the tune of “Yellow Rose of Texas”, in my head. Sung by Elvis.
November 8th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
ahahahawesome!
November 11th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Oh man – I had no idea it affected you that deeply ;)