If a dactyl’s reversed, it’s then called by the name ‘anapest’,
Used by Browning and Swinburne for horses and wolves in their haste;
Though Matt Arnold of Rugby found sadness could be to its taste,
It’s the writers of limericks use it – alas – to excess...
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A fun one, Michael. Nice little epigram. I've been doing a few of these myself.