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9 Feb 2023 11:19 am
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Skans » 09 Feb 2023, 12:14 pm » wrote: ↑ Poetry was never my strong suit.   All that sing-songy rhyming and flowery language.  Do you know what is curious about your Fontaine Poem?  It was written by a Frenchman in English. The French just don't do such a thing!  So, which noble Englishman was he poking fun at?
I cannot answer your question - though I have little doubt there is an answer. But to your observation, yes - THAT is the measure of a polyglot. The ability to write poetry in a non-native tongue. Indeed, it could be argued the man had more than one native tongue. I can manage unnuendo in Spanish - but I could never write a poem beyond the rudiments. 
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