Comic Poetry Quotes Flashcards

1
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‘This ____ is you and I, and this / Our ________ ___, and ________ ______ is.’

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‘This flea is you and I, and this / Our marriage bed, and marriage temple is.’ - The Flea

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‘It ______ me _____, and now _____ ____’

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‘It sucked me first, and now sucks thee’

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‘_____ and ______, hast thou _____ // _______ thy ____ in _____ of innocence?’

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‘Cruel and sudden, hast thou since // Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence?’ - The Flea

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4
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‘His _____! __________! what ____!’

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‘His Grace! impossible! what dead!’ - A Satirical Elegy

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5
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‘The last ____ _____ must ____ him now’

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‘The last loud trump must wake him now’ - A Satirical Elegy

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6
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‘_____ to that ____ from whence he ______.’

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‘Turn’d to that dirt from whence he sprung.’ - A Satirical Elegy

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7
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‘She was ___ ____ for this ____’

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‘She was too good for this life’ - Sunny Prestatyn

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8
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‘But I ___ _____ in the ____, / _______ like _____ ____ did’

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‘But I lie alone in the dark, / feeling like Noah’s wife did’ - Mrs Sisyphus

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9
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“____ but this ____, and ____ in ____”

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“Mark but this flea, and mark in this”

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10
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“A ___, nor _____, nor ____ of __________”

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“A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead”

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11
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“And _________, _____ ____ in _______ three.”

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“And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.”

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12
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“And _____ that _____________ ____? / And so __________ _____ all!”

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“And could that mighty warrior fall? / And so inglorious after all!”

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13
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“This _____ he ________ long ______”

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“This world he cumbered long enough”

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14
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“Nor ______ _____, nor _______ _____”

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“Nor widow’s sighs, nor orphan’s tears”

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15
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“____ to his ______ and his _____, / He made them ____ ______ he ____.”

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“True to his profit and his pride, / He made them weep before he died.”

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16
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“___ ______, all ye _____ ______, / Ye _______ rais’d by ______ of _____”

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“Come hither, all ye empty things, / Ye bubbles rais’d by breath of kings”

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17
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“____ to Sunny Prestatyn/ _______ the ____ on the ______”

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“Come to Sunny Prestatyn/ Laughed the girl on the poster”

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18
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“________ up on the ____”

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“Kneeling up on the sand”

19
Q

“______ ______-_______ arms”

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“Spread breast-lifting arms”

20
Q

“She was _______ __ ___ ___ in March”

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“She was slapped up one day in March”

21
Q

“____ ____ and a ________ ______”

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“Huge tits and a fissured crotch”

22
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“A ________ ____ and _____”

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“A tuberous cock and balls”

23
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“_______ had ____ a _____ / Or _________ to ____ right _______…”

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“Someone had used a knife / Or something to stab right through…”

24
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“Now _____ ______ is _____”

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“Now Fight Cancer is there”

25
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“____ ____, he had this __________ with / _________”

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“Poor chap, he had this obsession with / Triangles”

26
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“Why […] should my _________ / Be so ______________ _________, and ____ / A _____ with a ________ neck and ______ _____?”

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“Why […] should my conquerer / Be so ostentatiously beardless, and ride / A horse with a deformed neck and square hoofs?”

27
Q

“It’s ____ for a ____ to __ ____ if / She _____ to be _______.”

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“It’s hard for a girl to be sure if / She wants to be rescued.”

28
Q

“______ _____ skin, and ____ ____ […] He made me feel he was ___ _____ to / ___ __. And ___ girl ______ that.”

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“Lovely green skin, and sexy tail […] He made me feel he was all ready to / Eat me. And any girl enjoys that.”

29
Q

“____ was he like __________ the ________?”

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“What was he like underneath the hardware?”

30
Q

“My horse is the latest model, with / Automatic transmission” […] “My spear is custom-built”

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“My _____ is the ______ _____, with / _________ ____________” […] “My _____ is ______-built”

31
Q

“Don’t / you want to _____ ___ the _____ / That _________ and ____ have ________ for you?”

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“Don’t / you want to carry out the roles / That sociology and myth have designed for you?”

32
Q

“Does it ______ what / You ____? You’re __ __ ___.”

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“Does it matter what / You want? You’re in my way.”

33
Q

“The / _______ floor / is _________ and its _______ must / be _________.”

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“The / parquet floor / is beautiful and its surface must / be protected.”

34
Q

“Silver _____-_____ and ______ ______, / my _____ ______ us ___”

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“Silver sugar-tongs and silver salver, / my rival serves us tea”

35
Q

“Soon my _____ / ______ _____ and ________ ____ / will fight, fight ____ for her ________”

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“Soon my rival / capped tooth and polished nail / will fight, fight foul for her survival”

36
Q

“_____ her ______ for each ______ ___”

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“Thank her nicely for each bitter cup”

37
Q

“____ of the house. / _____ ___.”

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“Lady of the house. / Queen bee”

38
Q

“her salt tears pepper our soup. / She won’t / give up.”

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“her ____ _____ ______ our ____. / She won’t / ____ __.”

39
Q

“The ____” […] “the ________ ____”

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“The jerk” […] “the absolute berk”

40
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“_____ of the _____, he says. / What ___ is a ____ I ______”

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“Think of the perks, he says. / What use is a perk I shriek”

41
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“A ____ of old ________ is ______ the ____.”

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“A load of old bollocks is nearer the mark.”

42
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“That ______’ ______ no sooner __ / than it’s _______ ____ / ___ the ___ ____.”

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“That feckin’ stone’s no sooner up / than it’s rolling back / all the way down.”

43
Q

“My _____ _______ to a ______ / my _____ to a _______ smirk”

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“My voice reduced to a squalk / my smile to a twisted smirk”

44
Q

“He is ______ one _______ _______ and / ____ to his ____.”

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“He is giving one hundred percent and / more to his work.”