A limerick I penned in a composition lesson to demonstrate scansion:

Posted on by James Lark

…it seemed too good to waste.

A dolphin who tried to convince
His keeper to let him eat quince
Said “Don’t let it spoil –
You know that I’m royal
‘Cos ‘dauphin’ is Flemish for ‘Prince'”.

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