I realise that this is probably akin to heresy in some people's eyes!
Ogden Nash on Ulysses
I have read some novels that are akin to sailing on a calm sea and others that resemble sailing on much crueler seas,
And into the latter category I would place James Joyce’s “Ulysses.”
The whole novel is so rich in language that one couldn’t make it even a bit richer,
Which is why it is regarded as the prime example of Modernist Literature
And Mr. Joyce has undoubtedly been given due deference,
But it is awfully hard work for a man without a diploma in Ancient Greek to wade through all the mythological characters he chooses to reference.
And to be frank, if this novel had a beauty, it would not be in the flowery language that this novel’s beauty lies,
Nor indeed in the myriad of different styles that he chooses to utilise.
And I have been told by certain critics that Leopold Bloom’s peregrinations north and south of the River Liffey
Are a bit iffy,
But sadly I only struggled through the first three chapters about the musings and urinations of Stephen Daedalus
Before I left the rest of the book readerless.
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