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Realizing that some of the word images in this poem are intentionally archaic, I offer a little background:

Frog has long been a derogative term applied to obnoxious men, frog-eater being one of the first applications. First used in the mid1300?s, it wasn?t until the late eighteenth century that the English commonly applied it to the French for political reasons? and ?French? has its own special meaning. It?s unsettling how much a small, flaccid penis resembles one.

Sard, jape and swive all first appeared on the cusp of the 1500s when propriety eschewed the word ?fuck?. (Poor Geoff Chaucer!) Cove appeared shortly thereafter, in place of the dreaded C-word. So too did botanical references like lily pads, or lily lips, which are labia borne out of the rather quaint euphemism ?flowering place?.

The balance of the entendres are hopefully obvious.

just for picking up on the zipping of a fly! Thanks for the biology sociology etymology.

you are jd. And I greatly appreciate all the background info. Thanks for sharing it all- very edumocational.