Martin Gardner's Favorite Poetic Parodies Mike High The stakes are higher than

The stakes are higher than freedom itself--chains unshackled

John Gould's unrestrained humor is a pleasure--the dry Yankee kind that makes you laugh in retrospect

he will cast his word into their gathering

They will learn from the experience of others with insight from real families

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Martin Gardner's Favorite Poetic Parodies Mike High The stakes are higher thanWhether you love poetry or just don't get it, you will love these often hilarious poetic parodies. Martin Gardner has assembled his favourites, many by famous authors in their own right (Robert Sherwood, G. K. Chesterton, A. E. Housman, Bret Harte). Gardner does us the favour of putting the original poems first, followed by their parodies, thus providing a sampling of some of the best known poems in English while demonstrating how easily the profound