Shakespeare and Idioms

“O’ Shepherd, a penny for your thoughts, What a handsome couplet we would make! Let’s seize the day and let’s make hay” “Madam, have we metaphor? Get thee to a nunnery * For I am betrothed to a maid most true, Who goes by the name of Villanelle” “You mean the maid who lives down by the stream, “About a meter or so by yon, I really simply cannot stanza” “Madam, for your amplification, You are an anastrophe” “O’ Shepherd, don’t be an oxymoron, Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit, * I am hired to help you with your labours, Let’s seize the day and let’s make hay” “Madam, do you consider me an idiom? Let’s no longer beat about the bush, For I have bigger fish to fry” “O’ Shepherd, come and punch above your crooked staff, And by the way, please call me Consonance, If music be the food of love, * Let’s seize the day and let’s play on” “Madam, you are as mad as a Hatter, Simply barking up the wrong tree, And your innuendos bring out my analogy” “Shepherd, There's many a man has more hair than wit, * So, you take out to graze that countless flock, You seize the day and I’ll be on my way. Adieu" 6/11/22 *William Shakespeare