xkcd #3209: Plums

Title text:

My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.

Transcript:

Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com

Source: https://xkcd.com/3209/

explainxkcd for #3209

My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

I think people struggle with it because when you're a little kid poetry is taught as having to rhyme and have a particular format. Then you get older and run into shit like this.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment