The Sultan of Thesaurus and the King of Syllabus
Got into an argument and soon began to fuss
“How dare you disagree with me!” the angry Sultan said
“I’ll send my Adverb army in to smite you on the head!”
“Do your worst!” the angry King retorted with a frown
“When I am through with you, I’ll be the only proper noun”
The Sultan’s army then attacked and soon the war was on
The Adverbs fought the King’s Pronouns until the early dawn
The Predicates assembled to see just what they might do
To stop the awful fighting going on between the two
Rushing to find the answer, it wouldn’t be so simple
They would have to search and find a dangling participle
The Adjectives now joined the fight and sided with the King
But the Gerunds and Infinitives were quite another thing
They sided with the Sultan and their clause was superlative
Comparatively speaking they had nothing more to give
The mighty Prepositions came to lend a helping hand
But greatly feared Conjunctions drove them back into their land
The period of war raged on as back and forth it went
One would dash the other ‘til their armies were all spent
The King then asked the Sultan if he willingly would render
An interjection to the war with conditional surrender
“Only if you’ll give up first!” the weary Sultan shouted
“And call your Pronoun army off before they all are routed”
Shaking hands the enemies were soon best friends again
“You were quite a worthy foe” the King said with a grin
“As were you” the Sultan said “So now I guess I’ll see ya”
“I’m taking a vacation down in Onomatopoeia”
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Again, Not quite the ruthlessness I was looking for but this is brilliant tho' a little beyond my comprehension. I appreciate your entry and thank you for participating.
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Outstanding
This is incomparable! I've never read anything else like it!
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"When I am through with you, I’ll be the only proper noun"
Love that and the whole war on words here. very entertaining. I used to have "ea - rhymes with onomatopoeia" as my motto.
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Very clever
This was a delight to read. Not something I'd attempt to do as I'd need an intimate knowledge of the English language I don't possess. I guess I'm here to learn, and you certainly are a worthy teacher.
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Well it's been a long time, but now I'm back and glad to see your worked hasn't changed. Fantastic as ever! I always look forward to reading your work to bring a smile to my face. Take Care
Dena
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that's great. I put you on my favorites when I stumbled on the Castle of Tears. I know why. You have a great talent. I look forward to more of your work.
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I LOVE THIS!
Your poem so reminds me of a poem I wrote when I first joined AP! It was called; IncoRRectlY PunctuatED bUt PuNctUally CoRReCt" Written with many mistakes and grammatic errors. I also wrote one called "Forced Rhymes" sharing my relationship with Seuss and Silverstein. LOL
I laughed out loud throughout this poem. What a refreshing work. I was just sharing with Jim (I-Like-Rhymes) who sent me here, that we have to know the rules to break them and poetic license gives us the right to do so.
When I was learning how to write a true to form sonnet, I would become irritated at those who suggested that the "foots" were off cadence in the poem. My frustrations lead to practice, practice, practice. I can honestly say that their critiques caused me to be a better Sonneteer,
This is just perfect. The story is not only amusing, entertaining, and stellar in craft...It is indeed educational. This is what, in Theatre we call; "EDUTAINMENT"
BRAVO!
Much Love Always ♥
Renee
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Although I lack any formally grammatical training (my school experimented on not teaching it during my pupillage) I can still enjoy this romp.
Grammarians always seem to be warring over how to write and this echoes the conflict well and gives hope of an ultimate understanding between all sides.
Or, in brief, Good Poem!!
Jim
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Another Classic
Quite entertaining. Once I started reading it, I had to finish. Keep up the great work.
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that was so funny and took me back to the time i had to learn grammar...many familiar terms..
)..not like i understood half of it
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Oh, you splendid poet!
This adorable poem ends with that brilliant vacation down in Onomatopoeia and that is just the capstone of wonderfulness! What a delight it has been to read this sparkling poem of yours! 
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