Nay, nor his brothers
Chico, Harpo, nor Gummo
O the humanity! to feel such woe
Do You Know ?
Do You Know ?
Do You Know ?... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkaimt1xIc4
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
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Nay, nor his brothers
Chico, Harpo, nor Gummo
O the humanity! to feel such woe
Do You Know ?
Do You Know ?
Do You Know ?... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkaimt1xIc4
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
Oh well, he was a druggist in his own way, and a spokesman for the walrus. Plus they still sell those dumb cartoons of his for a lot of money. Never mind--let's take it from the top. A male?
Oh, wait, I've got it. O Henry, right?
Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding !... (William Sydney Porter actually)... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry
(lol)... My next clue was to put a picture of an Oh Henry candy bar on the page
You're up PB !
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
Thanks, tailor. These are fun. Okay...
You'll find me full of vim and verve,
But my work strikes a less sanguine nerve.
Congrats, tailor!
Let me ask you question one:
Are a man?
Um, yes, congratulations again tailor on recently posing such a fine riddle. :)
Now to the current one:
You'll find me full of vim and verve,
But my work strikes a less sanguine nerve.
Yes, a man.
PS The latest LitNet weirdness for me is that, even though I sign out, when I come back I am still signed in. So if you see me and ask a question, and I don't respond, I'm not ignoring you--I'm probably not really here. This too, one hopes, shall pass.
Congrats, PB! I was in hurry last time I entered the forum, so I sort of mixed things up. In fact meant to complimenti you both,Tailor for the riddle and PB for solving it so quickly..
Well, the next question.
Are you a novel writer?
Don't worry about checking out.I sometimes actually forget to check out.
Yes, novels among other things.
I forgot to add my congratulations PB... Congratulations!
Science Fiction writer ?
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
No, not at all. I was just teasing Danik for what was obviously a simple name slip. :)
Not a science fiction writer.
;)
Dear PB!I feel that I need more context on this or the general liberation. Kafka occurs me, but you obviously donīt mean Kafka.
No, it's not Kafka. I'll give you more hints, but you should at least have tried to determine the writer's nationality. :)
Okay..
In Alfie's realm, in Vicky's reign,
And west among the English sexes,
It's there you'll find the answer plain
To riddle mine which most perplexes.
Lol. A Victorian then, though I have no idea where "Alfies realm" lies, but someone may.
Something to do with the poet Tennyson?
Yes, a Victorian. Alfie's realm lies west among the English sexes. If kev67 was playing he'd have it by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danik 2016
No, nothing to do with Tennyson.
Just a guess
Thomas Hardy?
Of course it's Hardy. Full of vim and verve--so hardy, right? Wrote pessimistic novels about tragic characters in a failing English countryside. Revived the term Wessex (which previously referred to the ancient realm of King Alfred "Alfie" the Great) for his novels' setting.
Nice job! :)
Your turn now...
"Revived the term Wessex (which previously referred to the ancient realm of King Alfred "Alfie" the Great)" Useful information, Thanks, PB, for congrats and information.
I'll have to think a bit about a new riddle.
Iīll be back later.
Here is the new riddle:
"From a distant country I came,
my small body in chains,
My fettered voice brought fame,
Freedom, obscurity and pain.
Who am I?"
Were you brought to what is now the United States?
Yes, massa!
Ooooo-kaaaay, about that, Danik. Twenty-five of my family members that I know of so far fought for the North in the American Civil War. One of them, my grandfather's grandfather, had part of his ear torn off by a head graze. Two of my Quaker ancestors had their own independently operating versions of the Underground Railroad in the years before the war. One of them was a mentor to the famed abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison. More distant relatives include the theologian Lyman Beecher, often seen as the founder of the abolitionist movement, and his daughter, Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. By the way, I am negligibly African (about 1%).
Sooooooo...to fuss no more about this, let me just say that I do not like being called Massa. I know you were only joking, so let's forget about it and just move on. Fair enough?
Is this author a woman?
Easy, PB! I meant nothing personal, but I wasnīt joking either.
I was merely marking the way in which this slave woman probably would have addressed any white man in her time, so no offense, I hope.
You have every reason to be proud of these ancestors.
My ancestors are not the issue. I reject all imprecations of collective or racial responsibility for the atrocity of slavery. I do not need to take it easy, you need to knock it off. A sincere apology would be entertained.
Well, I hadnīt the least intention of offending you or anyone(someone else might have answered instead of you). If the riddle had been formulated on another forum in another language, I would use the corresponding term. All I can say is that Iīm going to be more careful next time and always use the third person when formulating a riddle.
Well, it was worth a try.
:leaving:
Did this writer write poetry ?
It certainly was, thanks for your participation.
The riddle remains open! If there still are participants, we go on with it.
It seems we posted together.Quote:
Originally Posted by tailor STATELY
She wrote only poetry and if I remember rightly published a single book.
Is she Phillis Wheatley ?
She certainly is! Good work, Tailor!
Your Turn!
Double post!
Thank you !!!
This personage had a Nose for writing:
more than 100 films have been produced
having adaptations based on his or her works
... even toyed once to take up acting -
but Google this and you may be led astray
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
Is it a male author?
yes..
Is he from US?
No... not from the Western hemisphere at all
Just ascertaining, Tailor: then it is not Cyrano de Bergerac whose story inspired Edmond Rostand?
No, Cyrano's author would be Western canon, though I found this gem from Cyrano's wiki interesting:As an aside I have a cousin connection from Cyrano's Theatre Company that I've never cultivated.Quote:
The entire play is written in verse, in rhyming couplets of twelve syllables per line, very close to the classical alexandrine form, but the verses sometimes lack a caesura.
Nor Milan Kundera, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan_Kundera , whom I believe would be Eastern hemisphere born, but whose quote might be food for thought: "It's a great consolation to think that when we've long been in the grave our noses will still be strolling the earth.” :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY