There's no doubt in my mind that most of the entries posted on this site were better than two of the winners (though not our winners - Basil's was particularly enjoyable, and Martin's not far behind.)
But one of them couldn't manage a proper rhyme scheme, so we get 'Autun/rein', 'came/ale' and - unbelievably - 'prophecies/dreamt'. Must be one of those modern poets.
Another had to repeat the first line of each stanza, truncated, and preceded by "Aye" (why?)
An ass’s tale I have to tell,
Aye, have to tell
And then I saw what some might see,
Aye, some might see
With only sixteen lines available, such repetition seems a bit feeble. Or perhaps it's a reference to an actual poem that I don't know?
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