Why are baldheaded men in danger of dying? Because "Death loves a shining mark."
What poem of Hood's resembles a tremendous Roman nose? "The Bridge of Sighs" (the bridge of size).
Why was Dickens a greater writer than Shakespeare? Shakespeare wrote well, but Dickens wrote Weller.
What proof have we that Cowper was in debt? He "oh'd for a lodge in some vast wilderness."
Why should the poet have expected the woodman to "spare that tree?" Because he thought he was a good feller (fellow).
Why are the relics of the departed like a man whose pocket has been robbed and the thief escaped? Because they have both felt "the touch of a vanished hand."
When is a pie like a poet? When it's Browning.
What best describes and most impedes a Pilgrim's Progress? Bunyan (bunion).
Why are Addison's works like a looking-glass? Because in them we see the "Spectator."
Was Othello thinking of his wife when he killed her? No, 's mother.