Pugna Porcorum
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| - | ''[[Pugna Porcorum]]'' (1546, English: Battle of the Pigs) is a poem by [[Johannes Placentius]]. It is a [[tautogram]] whose every word begins with the letter 'P'. | + | ''[[Pugna Porcorum]]'' (1530, English: Battle of the Pigs) is a poem by [[Johannes Placentius]]. It is a [[tautogram]] whose every word begins with the letter 'P'. |
| Its full text can be found [[Specimens_of_Macaronic_Poetry#PUGNA_PORCORUM|here]]. | Its full text can be found [[Specimens_of_Macaronic_Poetry#PUGNA_PORCORUM|here]]. | ||
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Pugna Porcorum (1530, English: Battle of the Pigs) is a poem by Johannes Placentius. It is a tautogram whose every word begins with the letter 'P'.
Its full text can be found here.
Excerpt
- Plaudite, porcelli; porcorum pigra propago Progreditur.
- Paraclesis pro Potore
- Perlege porcorum pulcherrima proelia, Potor,
- Potando poteris placidam proferre poesin.
References
- The most celebrated poem of alliterative verse, extending to 253 Latin hexameters, in which every word begins with p. --Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
See also
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