Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms In Memorandum to The Morgan Four Seater

So, Farewell
Then.
Morgan
Four Seater.

Most Noble
of Passenger Cars.

Longer, than a Two Seater
and twice the fun.

Unless,
you have
teenagers in the back.

Then, it's a bloody nightmare
and weighs a ton.


E.J. Thribb (17 1/2)

So, Farewell
Then.
Morgan
Four Seater

Most Noble
and Sporting
of Passenger Cars.

Killed
by The EU.

Too early for Brexit

No
ISOFIX
No airbags

But,
it does
have a hood
that's a bugger to fit


E.J. Thribb (17 1/2)

Not bad, but IMHO any EJ Thribb verse should include some allusion to Keith or to his mum.


So, farewell then
Morgan four seater.

You were a bit bigger
than the two seaters,

but still quite pretty.
(like Keith's mum).

Now you are no more.
(also like Keith's mum).

E.J.Thribb 17 1/2

Ah, EJ Thribb, threnodist extraordinaire. Here's my effort, a mere parodic shadow of the great obituarist's works:

So, farewell then
Morgan four seater.

Four wheels, four
Cylinders, four seats.
That was your thing.

You had a voluminous rear
And a fruity exhaust
(like Keith's mum).

But leaked a bit
(also like Keith's mum).

E.J. Thribb (17½)

Much better !!

Amazing! I know that Barry Fantoni retired to France, now I know who his successor is!

Top stuff.

<Pedant Mode=On>
But aren't they Monodies rather than Threnodies?
</Pedant>

Both, I think. A monody was originally any verse spoken by a single voice (rather than a chorus) in Greek drama, but has come to mean a piece of poetry specifically mourning the death of an individual. Threnody ("wailing ode") is more generally a hymn or poem of mourning. Most monodies are also threnodies, but not necessarily vice versa.

Far be it from me to play the arch-pedant, but since what is being mourned is the era of the four-seater (though Thribb in all his guises above uses synechdoche to reduce this to an individual car) then threnody is probably more appropriate in this instance

But then again, I'm a mere engineering grad rather than any kind of Eng Lit person, so I might have that very wrong...

Very good

So, Farewell
Then.
Morgan
Four Seater

...
...

But,
it does
have a hood
that's looks a bit dermot.

E.J. Thribb (17 1/2)

The last line is definitely an "Emporers New Clothes" moment