Irony

[Machiavelli]

I found this (http://www.fictionpress.com/read.php?storyid=1712606) little poem on the net and decided to share it. I like it. That little twist at the end is...well, interesting.

Warning: the twist might offend or anger some. I don't know who, but to be safe, read at your own risk.

What do you guys think of it?
Any other ironic stories you want to share?

[moocow]

I don't understand what the point of posting this was, but okay. It sounds like a poem that a 16 year old wrote.

[ShadowTiger]

Interesting. So what did you find so interesting about the poem, Mach? Sorry if I don't really have any interesting or ironic poems to share at the moment. I -DO- remember posting a few poems like this in the past, but they're surely lost in time. ... Hell, I'll do a search for them.

Ah, Here (http://www.armageddongames.net/showthread.php?t=83019&highlight=Dragon) it is. "The Dragon And The Knight."

[Darth Marsden]

Oh, are we posting poems now? I've got one.


Ode to a lazy Cat, by C. Marsden

Oh to be a lazy cat,
And to sleep throughout the day,
Oh to be a lazy cat,
And to sleep, come what may,
Oh to be a lazy cat,
To close my eyes and dream,
Oh to be a lazy cat,
And in my spot reign supreme,
Oh to be a lazy cat,
And to never have to care,
Oh to be a lazy cat,
And to sleep anywhere,
Oh to be a lazy cat,
To be lazy all the day,
Oh to be a lazy cat,
And let my cares float away.

[carrot red]

Oh, are we posting poems now?
No, we're not. We're discussing irony.

I missed the irony in the poem, Mach. I guess irony is a relative thing after all.

Edit:
Nice avatar, BH4. You do know where it's from and who it is, right? It's so unlike your usual av style.

[Zero Wing]

what the fuck?

that's just weird

[Darth Marsden]

No, we're not. We're discussing irony. I know. That's what makes it so ironic.

Duh... I made a funny.

[Daarkseid]

Irony can best be defined as either something that winds up being the reverse of human intention, Or the incongruity between what is expected and what actually occurs.

For that matter, I didn't find the poem the least bit ironic because my expectation of its conclusion was pretty much on with how it really ended.

[AtmaWeapon]

The "poem" has serious troubles.

First, there is no logical rhyme pattern, unless you count every other word but it's not really regular.

Second, the first verse could have and should have been made into four lines and not broken in awkward places "In a place not too \ far from here".

Third, most of the verses pay no attention to whether they sound good when read in rhythm. Personally I'd rewrite it as follows and I think we can agree the quality is there:

There was a 1337-type forum posting man
With lots of image macros at his command
Had forum girls calling from here to Japan
But getting hepatitis wasn't part of his plan

The n00bs all complained and the playa hatas hated
All the hotties tried to start conversations sex-related
No matter what was said or how words were delegated
He always shucked and jived and obligations were evaded

Sometimes he'd disappear
For months he'd not appear
But then it would be clear
He was stuck in Metal Gear

One day his final post hit the forums like a brick
He never liked women, they didn't do the trick
He offered an example of what would be his pick
And posted his collection of DOLPHINS SUCKING DICK hehehehe

[Machiavelli]

I just thought it was funny :laughing: . And we are discussing literary terms in english. Irony is one of them(duh).

Love the remake, atma.


Richard Cory
Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.
And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich - yes, richer than a king -
And admirably schooled in every grace;
In fine we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
That poem is the example we used in 9th grade for irony.

[theplustwo]

The "poem" has serious troubles.

First, there is no logical rhyme pattern, unless you count every other word but it's not really regular.

Second, the first verse could have and should have been made into four lines and not broken in awkward places "In a place not too \ far from here".

Third, most of the verses pay no attention to whether they sound good when read in rhythm. Personally I'd rewrite it as follows and I think we can agree the quality is there:
hehehehe
Very nice. :)

Read this thread (http://www.armageddongames.net/showthread.php?t=79427) if you are wondering what the hell AtmaWeapon is talking about. :)