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April Fools' Day Froggenwroggens Kindle Edition

by R.E. Skibiski (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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April fools’ day books are understandably amusing. After all, April fools’ day is all about humor. But if you’re looking for a unique April fools’ gift, don’t think about the same old pranks! Why not consider a book of poetry? And why not consider this one?

It’s no hoax! Although it sounds like an item for a fool’s errand, a Froggenwroggen is a bona fide form of light verse. In short, it’s a shrunken Shakespearean sonnet. No kidding! But here’s the beauty of it: each poem has just 14 syllables. It’s true! So prunes beware! For in APRIL FOOLS’ DAY FROGGENWROGGENS, there are 25 poems about the hilarity-filled holiday. Running the gamut from jokes and folks to larks and marks to wags and gags, the tomfoolery will transport anyone to a fool’s paradise!

Perhaps prosody isn’t for you. Perhaps poetic forms and poetry meter are something that you scorn. Perhaps you deem poetics unbearably lofty.

Don’t worry. These poems are still for you.

Here’s the introduction:




Time-honored, a Shakespearean sonnet has fourteen lines, which are made up of three quatrains and a couplet. A tiny chip off the old block, a Froggenwroggen has fourteen syllables, which are made up of three quatrains and a couplet.

In this book, there are twenty-five Froggenwroggens, and although they’re all about April Fools’ Day, they’re not gags. Yes, they’re silly. And yes, they’re capable of tickling one’s funny bone. But in the realm of light verse, they have merit.

Take a look at an example:




Small Gall
Imps,
like
chimps,
strike.

Shrill
shrieks
fill
cheeks.

Th’ acts
harm
tact’s
charm.

Small
gall.




First, notice that the poem’s title, Small Gall, is also the poem’s couplet. This is a requirement of all Froggenwroggens.

Next, notice the poem’s structure. In the first quatrain, Imps and chimps rhyme, and so do like and strike. In the following quatrain, Shrill and fill rhyme, and lo and behold, so do shrieks and cheeks. And in the last quatrain, Th’ acts and tact’s rhyme, and sure enough, so do harm and charm. This rhyme scheme is another requirement of all Froggenwroggens.

Finally, notice the elision. In this case, the becomes th’, and the acts, which is normally pronounced as two syllables, loses the vowel in the and becomes th’ acts, which is pronounced as one syllable. More often than not, this is the plight of the when it appears in a Froggenwroggen.

But that’s enough of prosody.

It goes without saying that most of these Froggenwroggens are a little bit odd. Their oddness, though, is probably inevitable. Nevertheless, they can and will entertain in their own way, and their style of tomfoolery isn’t without its charm.




And here are some samples:

Cheers, Jeers!

Yeah!
Fools’
Day
rules!

Fun
jokes
stun
folks.

Pranks
make
cranks
shake.

Cheers,
jeers!




Sure Cure

Schucks,
these
yucks
please!

Light
arts
right
hearts.

Dudes’
blue
moods
shoo.

Sure
cure.




They Play

Swell
clowns
quell
frowns.

Their
shows
pare
woes.

Tricks
will
fix
th’ ill.

They
play.




So now it’s up to you.


    • Do you want to read one of the neatest April fools’ day books?

    • Do you want to celebrate April fools’ day with one of the most unexpected April fools’ gifts?

    • Do you want to analyze the preposterous prosody of one of the most concise poetic forms?

    • Do you think monometer is a great poetic meter for poetics?



    If so, then     APRIL FOOLS’ DAY FROGGENWROGGENS is one of the first April fools’ day books that you should read!
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    4. Publication date
      March 28, 2014
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    • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00JCER9T0
    • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tordwifel Books (March 28, 2014)
    • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 28, 2014
    • Language ‏ : ‎ English
    • File size ‏ : ‎ 158 KB
    • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
    • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
    • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
    • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
    • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
    • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
    • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
    • Print length ‏ : ‎ 32 pages

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    R. E. Skibiski

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    R.E. Skibiski has written and illustrated a number of books. He has earned degrees in English and in TESL and has spent time as an ESL teacher.

    Besides books about the English language, he has also turned out rhyming stories, novels, froggenwroggens (14-syllable sonnets), and practical poetry, in which he squeezes unwieldy facts, such as all the signers of the Declaration of Independence, into fun, memorizable poems.

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