[Terese Coe]

Originally Posted by Ann Drysdale

And I believe that Hecht also required as many foreign languages as possible to appear in the piece, thereby paying due reverence to the supremacy of macaronic verse. He played a blinder - and By Goliard, he won! Double Dactyl indeed!


Jiggery Pokery!
Hechtus Antonius
Made a ridiculous
Fistful of rules

Raising two fingers to
Metrical specialists -
Ultraconventional
Farcical fools!

And Hey! That's us, folks! The words Petard and Hoist come to mind...

That's a beauty, Ann!