If you think Ozymandias is long (14 lines - it’s a sonnet), then don’t attempt The Bride of Abydos (1204 lines - 339 of which is a single speech).
I’ve always pronounced Percy as rhyming with mercy. Don’t know of any major variants. I did have a teacher once with the surname Persse, but this was pronounced “purse”, at least to his face.
Ode to Percy Bysshe Shelley
I read Ozymandias, it was very long
longer than the long long song in hop on pop
I can’t remember what it was about,
it was a long time ago and I have forgotten
you were totes awesome in the OG Frankenstein movie
Byron stole the stage, he always does
so much BD energy he limps
but just like Mozart you shagged the little sister too,
Byron never did that
I stole your pome yesterday, to a Skylark
and put in some modern argot, it turned out ok 🙂
I never do know how to pronounce your name
is it Per-cee or Per-se
If you think Ozymandias is long (14 lines - it’s a sonnet), then don’t attempt The Bride of Abydos (1204 lines - 339 of which is a single speech).
I’ve always pronounced Percy as rhyming with mercy. Don’t know of any major variants. I did have a teacher once with the surname Persse, but this was pronounced “purse”, at least to his face.
I admit I only got half way through Don Juan, one of those you had to be there pomes I think
Me too. Come to think of it, Me Too pretty much describes the whole poem.
I was :EYEROLL: nearly the whole time
“so much BD energy he limps” 😂😂