Fine

Dave BontaCheerful

A fine walk and fine weather, fine things and a fine breakfast of bread and strong drink. A fine judge to be a hangman. A fine flag in procession to the gallows.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 3 August 1662.

Dave Bonta

SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0

Mood:: Cheerful
Topics:: justice, judge, gallows

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The poem starts out sounding cheerful. A walk, the weather, a good breakfast: the speaker keeps repeating the word "fine," as if everything is pleasant and in order. But the details slowly shift. The breakfast is "bread and strong drink," which sounds less like a treat and more like a last meal.

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