[R. S. Gwynn]

Brief History of English Poetry

Chaucer anchor
Shakespeare clanker
Donne canker
Johnson cranker
Wordsworth franker
Tennyson thanker
Swinburne spanker
Eliot banker
Thomas tanker
Larkin wanker
Motion manqué

[Marc-Andre Germain]

Rather irreverent towards the great masters, the word play is somewhat enjoyable. I find it lacks depth, even for comedy.

Mark

[Holly Martins]

If he's looking for depth I think Mark is asking a little too much from your 22 word poem. I thoroughly enjoyed this one - ingenious, entertaining and genuinely funny.

Best,
Holly

[Kevin Corbett]

Meh. I suppose it works on a certain level as doggerel...but some of the verbs seems arbitrary. I don't know what you mean by clanker about Shakespeare unless you mean that his meter was rough...which it might have been, but I don't think you can say it clanked. I don't see how Donne is meant to be a canker unless you mean he's a canker on the literary tradition of England. I don't see how Tennyson is a thanker...really, I can't think of anything. And Swinburne liked being spanked, not spanking, so I don't think you can call him a spanker.

[R. S. Gwynn]

Just some late night silliness. Forgive and forget.

[Michael Cantor]

Poe danker
Jerry Rice flanker

[Julie Kane]

If you made it "English and American poetry," you could get in Whitman Yank-er, cummings prankster, Frost blanker . . . this one was fun!

[Maryann Corbett]

Actually, only the final line disappoints for me, as the non-rhyme lands with a thud. I like Julie's suggestion for further work.

[Allen Tice]

Skelton lanker

Shakespeare ranker

Dryden flanker

Pope outflanker

Burns hanker

Swinburne swanker

Crane dranker

McKuen stanker

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. . . . pranker

[Roger Slater]

If this were written by any number of people, I'd go along with the crowd urging further work. But I don't see this becoming worthy of Sam even if the poet list and anker rhymes were to be sharpened. I'd say move on.