Three
Shakespearean
Double Dactyls
I. Titus Andronicus
Fiddledy-diddledy
Titus Andronicus
Wouldn’t show mercy, let
Alarbus die.
Vengeful Tamora’s turned
Anthropophagical,
Eating the rest of her
Sons in a pie.
II. Romeo and Juliet
Hufflety-pufflety
Romeo Montague
Haplessly falls for a
Capulet’s charm.
Formerly quarrelling
Patresfamilias
Reconcile after their
Kids buy the farm.
III. Richard III
Hickory-dickory
Cardinal Bourchier
Has a grand total of
Four lines to say.
Other names suitably
Double-dactylian
Sadly don’t feature at
All in this play.
Rob Stuart
If you have any comments on this poem, Rob Stuart would be
pleased to hear from you.
