ext_22937 ([identity profile] lilliburlero.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] steepholm 2013-09-05 11:49 am (UTC)

I've always liked the metrical wobbles that proceed from replacing "Oldcastle" with "Falstaff"; surely it wouldn't have been beyond Shakespeare's powers to think up another three-syllable name, so I've always thought of it as a sort of metrical joke: a stumble from relying on a faulty walking stick.

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