Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0001352, Mon, 14 Oct 1996 12:18:10 -0700

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Double dactyls (fwd)
Date
Body
From: John_Lavagnino@Brown.edu

No discussion of this important topic is complete without mention of
the verses by Bernard Friedman that appeared in the *New York Times
Book Review* for February 26, 1984, on page 38:

Jiggery-Pokery
Doesn't necessitate
Dactylic names for its
Metrical zest.

Names that are amphibrachs
Also will serve, and "Vla-
dimir Nabokov" need
Not be mis-stressed.



John Lavagnino
Women Writers Project, Brown University