2023-03-19 02:42:59.52

19 Mar 2023 ,

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.

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.

opposing page, with illustration that looks like a woodcut print or pen drawing of a stack of dantes glaring at a smug cervantes