A Nifty Zeugma
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:41 pm
From Kismet’s Baubles, Bangles and Beads:
I’ll sparkle and gleam so . . . *
Make somebody dream so . . . *
That . . . some day . . . *
He may . . . .
* Pauses, not elisions
The first ‘so’ connoting ‘to such an extent’, and the second ‘with the result that’.
The only trouble with Kismet is that knowledge of the lyrics can interfere with the enjoyment of Borodin’s utterly wondrous music.
Another great lyric from American musical theater:
She started a heat wave
By making her seat wave . . . .
Heat Wave, from Berlin’s As Thousands Cheer.
‘I got a million of ’em’. Just ask.
Oops! Meant to ask: anyone know if there’s a term for a rhyme on a penultimate syllable?
I’ll sparkle and gleam so . . . *
Make somebody dream so . . . *
That . . . some day . . . *
He may . . . .
* Pauses, not elisions
The first ‘so’ connoting ‘to such an extent’, and the second ‘with the result that’.
The only trouble with Kismet is that knowledge of the lyrics can interfere with the enjoyment of Borodin’s utterly wondrous music.
Another great lyric from American musical theater:
She started a heat wave
By making her seat wave . . . .
Heat Wave, from Berlin’s As Thousands Cheer.
‘I got a million of ’em’. Just ask.
Oops! Meant to ask: anyone know if there’s a term for a rhyme on a penultimate syllable?