'Oulipo' is a style that Annabella showed us. You take an established piece and make fun of it. Do you it?

Question

In 'Oulipo N+7', you replace the subjective noun in each line with the 7th noun ahead of it in the dictionary. I tried this one with a Webster’s Dictionary published in 1882, the year Longfellow died…

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I shot an artichoke into the air,
It fell to easel, I knew not where;
For, so swiftly it flew, the significance
Could not follow it in its floatage.

I breathed a sop into the air,
It fell to easel, I knew not where;
For who has significance so keen and strong,
That it can follow the flight of sop?

Long, long afterward, in an obduracy
I found the artichoke, still unbroke;
And the sop, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heath of a friend.

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Well...I'll just take my toys and play someplace else...hehehe

Do you 'like' it? I go too fast.

Answer 1

Considering how much free time is wasted on things like video games and VH1, I think this game is wonderful. At least you have to open a dictionary and might learn a new word.

How could this not be better than playing "Grand Theft Auto" or watching "Jackass"?

Thank you!

Answer 2

I get it. The fact that you found a dictionary from 1882 shows that you did work on this. I think it's fun.

Answer 3

How did you get started in Oulipo?
Does the poem always have the same words other than the subjective nouns?

Answer 4

Ha. "Meaningless Pap?" Well you made some 17 year old angry enough to use the bonus SAT word list on you.

I think the game is pretty funny.

Answer 5

I agree with the others. Really, a man of your age and considerable girth running around like a child! You should feel bad...or, at least, balding.

Hey! What are friends for? Do you want to be thought less of?

I hope this hurts,
ME

Answer 6

Oh what fun! Words are not meant to only be somber. Thanks for the enjoyment and chuckle. I shall always remember, I shot an artichoke into the air.

Answer 7

I also think it's a complete waste of time. Who's this Annabella anyway?

EDIT: DFA, my little Kalamata olive, it's explosive and rainy. How are YOU?

EDIT2: TD, I have discovered a new Oulipian, Ian Monk. Good site:
http://partal.com/vademecum/eng/llibres/1.html

Answer 8

it sounds like something my dear friend Timothy Leary wrote after a really good acid trip...
EDIT: Annabella, my little Brie, how is the City of Bombs today ?

Answer 9

Doggerel. I'm not trying to be insulting, and I guess it's a fun parlor game, but it doesn't have any literary merit.

Answer 10

As far as I'm concerned, this game is not funny. It's meaningless pap and I don't have the time to waste on something like this.