He's a Poet who Don't Know It.

[LorettaYoung]

The actual phrase:

"He's a poet,
but doesn't know it,
yet his feet show it,
'cause their Longfellows!"

The premiss seems somewhat shaky, as though it should be "He thinks he is a poet, but doesn't know he is not."


Dale

true enough - the longer the foot, the looser the iamb.

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Hi Dale: go know, no he doesn' t think he's a poet and wouldn't care if he was; due to his busy and more relevant to him, his social stature. Can you please tell me what you mean by the longer the foot, the looser the iamb?
Do I really need a new title now; just because of Longfellow's feet? Thanks Dale (at least it's not Dylan). Oh gosh, the whole cliche seems backwards to me; wouldn't a common phrase of speech be an incentive for a reader? I've seen the word cliche so much it's a cliche! Thanks for the head's up, new title; REALLY? Best Loreta