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Fiddling Detection
Though Sherlock contrived to forget
About heliocentrism, yet
There was space in his brain
Midst the pains of cocaine
For the strains of Émile Sauret.
About heliocentrism, yet
There was space in his brain
Midst the pains of cocaine
For the strains of Émile Sauret.
Off from the rigorous structure of a limerick, which usually has 9, 9, 6, 6, 9 syllables, and the stress pattern is usually anapests or amphibrachs. It's not considered a bad thing for the words to feel forced into their stress pattern, as that's common and sometimes thought of as somewhat essential.
As to story, I really don't know. I don't know why heliocentrism is singled out as something Holmes is trying to forget, and I'd take the poem more from Watson's point of view is accusing Holmes of "trying" to forget it, since it doesn't seem like he'd actually want to. Then in the end, it's really going to hinge on the reader recognizing what's honestly a very obscure name these days. Knowing Holmes, I figured it must be a composer or violinist, and it turns out to be both, but I'm a classical music aficionado, and I had only vaguely heard the name before. Not that it would fit a limerick well, but wasn't Holmes more obsessed with Beethoven's violin concerto? I like the idea, but it's pretty esoteric.
As to story, I really don't know. I don't know why heliocentrism is singled out as something Holmes is trying to forget, and I'd take the poem more from Watson's point of view is accusing Holmes of "trying" to forget it, since it doesn't seem like he'd actually want to. Then in the end, it's really going to hinge on the reader recognizing what's honestly a very obscure name these days. Knowing Holmes, I figured it must be a composer or violinist, and it turns out to be both, but I'm a classical music aficionado, and I had only vaguely heard the name before. Not that it would fit a limerick well, but wasn't Holmes more obsessed with Beethoven's violin concerto? I like the idea, but it's pretty esoteric.
>>Pascoite
The first two lines do reference an exchange in Study in Scarlet, where Watson is amazed to find that his learned friend not only doesn't know that the Earth goes around the Sun, but having learned it is determined to forget it, as it makes no difference to his intended line of work and hence is just a waste of precious neural capacity.
As to the last line, I did bungle that, having written four lines with no zinger to end them, and after fevered searching selecting an obscure name that didn't properly rhyme. I'll see if time gives me a better closure for this benighted clench.
The first two lines do reference an exchange in Study in Scarlet, where Watson is amazed to find that his learned friend not only doesn't know that the Earth goes around the Sun, but having learned it is determined to forget it, as it makes no difference to his intended line of work and hence is just a waste of precious neural capacity.
As to the last line, I did bungle that, having written four lines with no zinger to end them, and after fevered searching selecting an obscure name that didn't properly rhyme. I'll see if time gives me a better closure for this benighted clench.