Epitaph for William Nicol, of the High School, E
The speaker bids maggots feast on Nicol's brain an fix their claws in his heart, for deil a bit o't is rotten.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Epigram, Dark Humor · 43 words
First lines
Ye maggots, feed on Nicol's brain, / For few sic feasts you've gotten; / And fix your claws in Nicol's heart, / For deil a bit o't's rotten.
Genres
- Epigram — Fower rhyming lines end wi the pointed claim that nae bit o Nicol's heart is rotten.
- Dark Humor — The invitation tae maggots tae feast on a brain turns the epitaph intae a joke, while the heart escapes blame.
Tags
epitaph · maggots · daith · wit
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Epigram, Dark Humor
- Length: 43 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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