TY - BOOK AU - Placentius,Jean-Leo TI - Pvcna porcorvm AV - PA PY - 2023/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Latin wit and humor, Medieval and modern KW - Verse satire, Latin (Medieval and modern) KW - Swine -- Poetry KW - Latin poetry, Medieval and modern KW - Tautograms N1 - Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pig_War_(poem); Every word in the poem begins with the letter P; Release date is 2023-04-16; The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive); Originally published; Netherlands: Peter van Elsen, 1540 N2 - "Pvcna porcorvm" by Jean-Leo Placentius is a Latin poem first printed in 1530. This satirical epic of 248 dactylic hexameters features every single word beginning with the letter P, making it an elaborate tautogram. The poem chronicles an intergenerational war between corrupt hogs hoarding privileges and rebellious piglets demanding their share. Through this porcine allegory, Placentius explores human corruption, social conflict, and revolutionary violence in remarkably transparent fashion. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70569 ER -