10-27-2013, 08:43 PM
Todd, you should think so! For me, apparently not. 
Glad the comments helped. If I can offer one more piece of critique: indefinite reference in the final line. Gotten away with what?
All in all, though, the poem becomes much more fun, meaningful and funny now that I see what was intended. The idea of Shaggy pontificating upon his existence is just hilarious to begin with.
P.S. I should think a vague allusion to marijuana usage might add something. The cartoon was funny that way. Any adult who watched it perhaps knew that Shaggy and Scooby were lazy stoners with a bad case of the munchies. Most children would have been lost on the idea.
Best,
James
Glad the comments helped. If I can offer one more piece of critique: indefinite reference in the final line. Gotten away with what?
All in all, though, the poem becomes much more fun, meaningful and funny now that I see what was intended. The idea of Shaggy pontificating upon his existence is just hilarious to begin with.
P.S. I should think a vague allusion to marijuana usage might add something. The cartoon was funny that way. Any adult who watched it perhaps knew that Shaggy and Scooby were lazy stoners with a bad case of the munchies. Most children would have been lost on the idea.
Best,
James
“Poetry is mother-tongue of the human race; as gardening is older than agriculture; painting than writing; song than declamation; parables,—than deductions; barter,—than trade”
― Johann Hamann
― Johann Hamann