{"id":1105,"date":"2008-12-21T13:26:41","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T18:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2017-08-18T16:13:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T21:13:56","slug":"shakespeare-lipogram-the-tempest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/archives\/1105","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare Lipogram: The Tempest"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I told DeLisa<\/a> I was finished with the Shakespeare Lipograms<\/a> after summarizing five plays, each restricted to using only a single vowel (A, E, I, O, U), she asked “What about Y?”. I assured her that I would be unable to do it. Now, I will prove it.<\/p>\n

Please take this with a grain of salt, but here is a summary of The Tempest<\/em>, told from Prospero’s point of view, using “Y” as the only vowel. I promise that I mean no offense to Gypsys or Pygmys, but I am using “gyp” in the dictionary sense to mean one who has cheated another, and “pygmy” in the non-dictionary sense as one who is native to an island.<\/p>\n

And as long as I get to make up what words mean, I will also use the word “syzygy” to mean a general sense of forgiveness and the restoration of order, as might be symbolized by the aligning of celestial objects. Okay?<\/p>\n

So here it is, my summary of The Tempest<\/em>, using “Y” as the only vowel.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Nymph Myth<\/h3>\n

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<\/center>Spy my gyps, spry Nymph? Fly by. Slyly stymy gyps dry.<\/p>\n

Sylph, wryly pry why. Pygmy\u2019s by.<\/p>\n

Nymph, spy. Sylph, try shy tryst.<\/p>\n

Myth\u2019s hymns try rhythm.<\/p>\n

Gyps, cry. Psych! Syzygy.<\/p>\n

Nymph, fly!<\/p>\n

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The Original Five Lipograms<\/h3>\n

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<\/center>Henry IV, Part One<\/em>:<\/strong> Hal and Falstaff at War, Part A<\/a><\/p>\n

As You Like It<\/em>:<\/strong> Between the Trees<\/a><\/p>\n

Cymbeline<\/em>:<\/strong> British King<\/a><\/p>\n

Hamlet<\/em>:<\/strong> Forlorn Son<\/a><\/p>\n

Measure for Measure<\/em>:<\/strong> Just, but Unjust<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I told DeLisa I was finished with the Shakespeare Lipograms after summarizing five plays, each restricted to using only a single vowel (A, E, I, O, U), she asked “What about Y?”. I assured her that I would be unable to do it. Now, I will prove it. Please take this with a grain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,69,3,126,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hamlet","category-lipogram","category-shakespeare","category-tempest","category-the-letter-y"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6376,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions\/6376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareteacher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}