My brother the actor these days supplies his wants by substitute teaching. I spoke with him the other day and he told me he got to sub teach Theater -- wherein lies his BFA, not to mention 300+ plays he's acted in.

He got the students excited when he told them he could rap Macbeth -- and did. His point was that Shakespeare, like rap, has a rhythm and all you have to do is find that rhythm.

And he's right.

I rapped some of the "Sporus" section of Pope's "Epistle to Arbuthnot" while we were on the phone. I just checked Pope's "Ode to Solitude", the open to the "Rape of the Lock," and a couple others -- iambic pentameter (or maybe Pope) is simple to rap.

Ditto for "Hamlet". Try the "What a piece of work is man" bit.

Problem is, now these have become mind worms....