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DasherPack OP t1_ivb33so wrote

It can be read online for free on wikisource (part of the wikimedia project, who also controls wikipedia).

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Pearl/Volume_18/Acrostic is my favorite. It is an acrostic: The first letter of every verse makes a phrase.

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sideways_cat t1_ivczppz wrote

Jfc. I refuse to type what the “phrase” is in fear of getting a knock on the door from the FBI

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ThePhiff t1_ivd4rel wrote

It somehow makes the content of the poem even WORSE.

JFC

😳😳😳

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battlelevel t1_ivdcpd5 wrote

Yikes. I was expecting something gross, but that was just creepy.

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Oznog99 t1_ivdjsim wrote

Yep, wow. Victorian literary porn.

Best title: "SUB-UMBRA, OR SPORT AMONG THE SHE-NOODLES"

She-noodles. I still don't know what that means.

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bigbangbilly t1_ivev4wk wrote

I thought that was filler for the acrostic

Didn't know I was missing out on it by skipping it

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