© Keith Waddington 1988
 
 
 
 
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1. This note was an addendum for Michael Brian, a rarity amongst professors: he actually liked me! Even more of a rarity: I liked him! The note explains, in detail, how the poem mimics the style (and to a degree the content) of Samuel Butler's Hudibras.