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Re: Sonnet
Posted By: Stephen's Director of Mass Communications, on host 24.67.84.133
Date: Saturday, May 5, 2001, at 16:21:29
In Reply To: Re: Sonnet posted by Darien's Director of Fomenting Discontent on Saturday, May 5, 2001, at 02:37:58:

> Don't you think "Director of Truth" would be a better title than "Director of Mass Communication?" It has a bit of an Orwellian twist, that way.

For about three seconds, I was known as the Director of Propaganda, but Stephen quickly recognized the subtle negative connotations such a term implied. I do feel that Director of Truth might be a more appropriate title, but it is not my place to suggest such a thing to one so great as Stephen.

> That poem would also be better as a limerick. Something like:
[empty rhetoric deleted]
> Or maybe as a haiku:
[hollow slander deleted]
> Or you can do something more "modern:"
[angst-ridden mockery deleted]
> Or you could try adapting a popular tune to fit your lyrics:
[crazy parody deleted]
> No, nevermind. Don't do that.

Thanks, I won't. I promised a sonnet, so a sonnet I gave. However, if the future Supreme Dictator of the world, in his wisdom, decides to request a properly humble and respectful work of art in any other suggested form, you may be assured that this humble servant will make it his goal to create such a work.

As a brief commentary into the sonnet, I would like to apologize (most especially to Great Stephen) for the failure to meet the rhythmic requirements of iambic pentameter. I assure you all that in future, I will write my sonnets after a good night's sleep, and worry more about the rhythm. I would ask you all for advice on how to write in iambic pentameter, but only advice from Stephen himself would be worth listening to. Oh, and I would also like to point out that "prasing" is NOT a typographical error-- I simply felt that praising Stephen was not enough to fully display his glory, so I invented a new word to do a more thorough job. I will not define the new word here; Stephen knows what it means, and the rest of you are simply fodder to him, so your education is NOT my concern (except when it comes to correcting your misconceptions about Stephen).

That is all for now.

SDoMC

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