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Article: The elementiad.(KICKSHAWS)(Poem)
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- Word Ways
- Article date:
- August 1, 2008
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Jeremiah Farrell. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In this micro-epic, the first line of each couplet ends with the name of a chemical element, and the second line ends with a word or phrase that rhymes or nearly rhymes or barely rhymes with it. So far there are five parts featuring two main characters and a small supporting cast. This is only the first half of the poem, and it has 63 of the 118 elements in the order in which they appear in the Periodic Table. I haven't yet begun the second half, but it appears that the ending will be full of nuns, starting with 112 and 113, ununbium (a nun: be 'em) and ununtrium (a nun: tree 'em). Now let's see how the more familiar traditional elements work poetically.
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