I Bet Shakespeare Could Poem by Elia Michael

I Bet Shakespeare Could



Could you translate the dialect he speaks?
I've tried and tried for many, many weeks.
Could you translate those beautiful end rhymes?
I've tried and tried so many, many times.
Could you convey a word's exact meaning,
Or deep emotionally charged feeling,
From Greek with ancient words, archaic grammar,
Into a language, some say, has less glamour?
There was a bard who lived a while ago,
If he were raised from death, then he would show,
(Of course, he'd have to learn the dialect)
How granddad's poems ought to be, in perfect
But olden English; English quite antique,
Thus like the Greek pappou would write and speak.

Friday, August 22, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: poetry
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Elia Michael

Elia Michael

Xylophagou, Larnaka, Cyprus
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