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Classic Literature in 17 syllables, by David M. Bader.
See if you can guess the book!

Aegean forecast-
storms, chance of one-eyed giants,
delays expected.

Vengeance! Black blood! Aye!
Dubloons to him that harpoons
the Greenpeace dinghy.

Single white lass seeks
landed gent for marriage, whist.
No parsons, thank you.

Alone for twelve years,
then a footprint in the sand.
Thank God! A servant!

Act I: "It's hopeless.
My boots don't fit. Where is God?"
Act II: The same thing.

"His mother wed his
dead murdered father's brother!"
Next Jerry Springer.

The Constitution-
behold our work and marvel.
No Bill of Rights? Whoops.

A scholar trades a
few fun years for endless Hell.
Math was not his field.

"Who dat fine knight be?"
asked the saucy Moorish wench.
"Dat be Ivan, ho."

Morning: Pond-gazing.
Afternoon: Berry-picking
What a hectic day.

Earnestly posing
as Ernest, Jack learns he's named
Ernest in earnest.

Galapagos finch-
the same beak as Aunt Enid's!
A theory is born.

[and, my personal favorite:]
Snow-drops hang like tears.
Shy, sweet, saintly Beth has died.
One down, three to go.

[answers]
the odyssey
moby-dick
pride and prejudice
robinson crusoe
waiting for godot
hamlet
the federalist papers
doctor faustus
ivanhoe
walden
the importance of being earnest
the origin of the species
little women