Project Gutenberg 2012-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 136 Dobson, William T. Dobson, W. T. (William T.) Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities The parody -- Chain or concatenation verse -- Macaronic verse -- Linguistic verse -- Technical verse -- Single-rhymed verse -- Anagrams -- The acrostic -- Alliterative and alphabetic verse -- Nonsense verse -- Lipograms -- Centones or mosaics -- Echo verses -- Watch-case verses -- Prose poems -- Miscellaneous. Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities" by William T. Dobson is a collection of humorous and inventive poetry written in the late 19th century. This work serves as a sequel to Dobson's earlier compilation, "Literary Frivolities," and focuses on various forms of poetic creativity, from parodies to more experimental verses, showcasing the lighter side of literary composition. It gathers contributions from multiple authors and explores different styles of verse, enhancing the reader's perspective on the craft of poetry. The opening of "Poetical Ingenuities and Eccentricities" presents Dobson's preface, where he reflects on the success of his previous work and sets the stage for this new collection. He highlights the inclusion of original pieces alongside adaptations from notable literary figures, and he acknowledges the collaborative effort of various contributors. The preface invites readers to anticipate a variety of poetic forms, including parodies and linguistic play, and encourages a sense of amusement and appreciation for the nuances of language within poetry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40124/40124-h/images/cover.jpg en Humorous poetry Macaronic poetry PN Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 470308 470318 2024-09-17T04:25:00.122150 2023-09-17T12:41:16.382183 text/html text/html 478717 2012-07-01T14:52:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 288299 2012-07-01T14:52:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 327404 2024-09-17T04:25:20.259101 application/epub+zip 328651 2024-09-17T04:25:05.953136 application/epub+zip 230253 2024-09-17T04:25:03.010111 application/epub+zip 491478 2024-09-17T04:25:25.999051 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 418349 2024-09-17T04:25:15.183131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 321652 2022-09-18T11:27:26.452041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 315953 315746 2024-09-17T04:24:57.783157 2023-09-17T12:41:14.002183 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 315467 2012-07-01T14:52:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 135175 2012-07-01T14:52:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 315575 2012-07-01T14:52:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 134965 2012-07-01T14:52:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20575 2024-09-17T04:25:26.166012 application/rdf+xml 21214 2024-09-17T04:25:03.197178 image/jpeg 3026 2024-09-17T04:25:03.102132 image/jpeg 296294 2024-09-17T04:25:00.182414 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog