Wordle Limericks for the Month of April

597 NINTH – 6 February 2023

1

When Beethoven* composed his ninth symphony
He had an interesting epiphany
He would use a vocal chorus
So his music would not bore us
It’s now the best example of polyphony*

2

It is the last half of the ninth inning
And the Pittsburgh Pirates are winning
Babe Ruth is up to bat
Now he spits and tips his hat
A home run now would keep Yankee fans grinning

3

What is two to the ninth power
To figure this out shouldn’t take an hour
The answer is five hundred and twelve
No further need to delve
Mathematical prowess really does empower

Footnotes: 
*(1) Ludvig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer and pianist. He was one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music. His last and ninth symphony in D minor, composed between 1822 and 1824, was the first symphony to include choral voices in its finale: called “Ode to Joy”. Due to Paget’s disease of the skull, his eighth cranial nerves were compressed, resulting in complete deafness by the time he composed this final symphony.

*(1)Polyphony is a musical texture that features two or more equally prominent melodic lines played at the same time.