Loving this old school visualizer
Aug 12– “A Courtin’” by James Russell Lowell (1864)
Summary: Lewis Caroll is less nonsensical than this.
Commentary: What is with Elliot and the phonetic/dialect poetry? Was it a thing at the time? Was it something he was just interested in?
Also, in "Froggy Went A Courtin'" why did he need a sword and pistol? Was he expecting to duel for her hand? Apparently it's sword and buckler in some versions.
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