Piambic

Pi — a disk’s circumference, divided by diameter —
Quite likely, said Vi Hart, in iambic pentameter,
Contains all Shakespeare’s works
. Now, just to be formal,
This simply means that Pi is perfectly normal.
If so, within its digits, in every variation,
We’d find the whole of Hamlet, in the speech of any nation.
She showed the prince of Denmark as a dog, which is revealing.
Well OK, a little strange, but certainly appealing.
Just one thing about “Dog Hamlet” has been gnawing at my brain:
I wish Vi’s canine hero had been played by a Great Dane.

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