# Questions Only **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 9, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491 "2012-12-09T05:40:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1981 "2013-06-14T03:23:48Z")
Didn’t ee cummings often write such strangely shape poems as l(a? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1982 "2013-06-14T10:49:01Z")
Who is your favorite poet? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1983 "2013-06-14T11:50:35Z")
How many wads would a Wadsworth worth if a Wadsworth could worth wads? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1984 "2013-06-14T11:51:39Z")
Ever wonder why Keats and Yeats don’t rhyme? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1985 "2013-06-14T11:55:32Z")
Could it be they write in free verse? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1986 "2013-06-14T12:01:51Z")
Whatever did they write in that mode? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1987 "2013-06-14T12:05:54Z")
Didn’t they write in notebooks instead of modes? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1988 "2013-06-14T12:12:43Z")
Do you think they left the meter running? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1989 "2013-06-14T12:15:49Z")
Do you really think that was their schema? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1990 "2013-06-14T12:22:10Z")
What is your understanza of the line “Iamb what Iamb, and that’s all that Iamb”? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1991 "2013-06-14T12:23:59Z")
Don’t you prefer the line “Penguins on the glass amass?” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1992 "2013-06-14T12:25:20Z")
Isn’t that the work of Gertrude Frankenstein? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1993 "2013-06-14T12:32:55Z")
Are words worth the price you pay for books nowadays? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1994 "2013-06-14T12:34:00Z")
Have you seen the bargains available at [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com)? ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1995 "2013-06-14T12:51:54Z")
What am I supposed to do with all these Barnes and Nobles gift cards then? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1996 "2013-06-14T12:53:57Z")
Well, can’t you use them as bookmarks? ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1997 "2013-06-14T15:02:33Z")
Couuldn’t you also build a house of cards out of them? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1998 "2013-06-14T15:06:10Z")
Do you have a Kindle or a Nook? ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1999 "2013-06-14T15:07:11Z")
Why would I want a Kindle over my Nook? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2000 "2013-06-14T15:08:22Z")
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