Item
Rimes of Ancient Fables
- Title
- en_US Rimes of Ancient Fables
- Description
- Carl J. Hasper
- Creator
- en_US Hasper, Carl J. See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Haver, Gina
- Date
- 2019-04-09T19:34:36Z
- 2018-09
- en_US 2015
- Date Available
- 2019-04-09T19:34:36Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2015
- Abstract
- en_US 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!
- Identifier
- en_US 11562 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US ProPress Books
- en_US Massapequa, NY
- Subject
- en_US PA3855.E5H376 2015 See all items with this value
- Aesop See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection