Rimes of Ancient Fables
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Hasper, Carl J.
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2015
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Aesop and his stories keep generating lively things. In this case, the fables have inspired a happy poet to retell forty fables and then transform his story into poetry. The author concludes a little essay on Aesop this way: "I have seven or eight books of Aesop's fables in my home library. I have endeavored to use them to learn how to write poetry. First, I rewrite the fable in my own words and extract the moral, a again in my own words, in prose. Then I tell the fable as poetry in rhymed couplets of ten syllables per line. It is fun." "Poetry" here has a heavy accent on rhyme. The illustrations tell the stories well; a good example is the first, picturing either of the two wives holding a hair around a balding man. The front cover features a hare wearing sunglasses and a Hawaiian lay. Even the author's wife gets into the fun by admitting "Writing rhymed poetry has become his passion. He wants to use his poetry to entertain and also teach. It's a 'Double Whammy.'" The story of this book is indeed a matter of fun!
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ProPress Books
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11562 (Access ID)