bonanova Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 A repasts' agenda begins all things here. Move back to front and add you's "be" ... <-[yeah, right: the new word goes there] You must, you see, for here rhymes belong or else you'll discover that it is all wrong. Now add a "look"; but "see" only a ghost or a hint, or a border, if that, at most. Add K to produce the young Spaniard's tool which aided him recently down under to rule. Move back to front, and again add an R to get one who finds his prey, be't near or far. Drop Spaniard's K, and also first's last to get one whose livelihood's to always be fast. Remove now the C, and flip middle two and you will discover what's following you. Then toss out the A, and give things a shake And, Lo and behold: you've made a mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Pickett Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) A repasts' agenda begins all things here. Move back to front and add you's "be" ... <-[yeah, right: the new word goes there] You must, you see, for here rhymes belong or else you'll discover that it is all wrong. Now add a "look"; but "see" only a ghost or a hint, or a border, if that, at most. Add K to produce the young Spaniard's tool which aided him recently down under to rule. Move back to front, and again add an R to get one who finds his prey, be't near or far. Drop Spaniard's K, and also first's last to get one whose livelihood's to always be fast. Remove now the C, and flip middle two and you will discover what's following you. Then toss out the A, and give things a shake And, Lo and behold: you've made a mistake! I get the word "err"...it goes err (mistake), rear (follow you), racer (goes fast), tracker (finds prey), racket (tennis ==> Nadal), trace (hint/border/ghost)...and so I guess the word at the top could be "cater" since repasts' agenda would be to supply food? maybe? Edited March 6, 2009 by Pickett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 I was on the same track as pickett, but... i got to "racket" and was leaning toward "trace" but was unsure. But "Cater" does not rhyme with "here" in the very first line... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted March 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 I get the word "err"...it goes err (mistake), rear (follow you), racer (goes fast), tracker (finds prey), racket (tennis ==> Nadal), trace (hint/border/ghost)...and so I guess the word at the top could be "cater" since repasts' agenda would be to supply food? maybe? The first couplet has two words - one each line The second couplet is an added clue to the second word which becomes the third word - in the third couplet [TRACE] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) ...still doesn't rhyme... EAT and TEA? Edited March 6, 2009 by Scottie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 i believe the clue is in "you must, you see" -- meant to read "you must USE 'C'" -- which leads us to TRACE but i'm still lost as to that second word i think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) tea and tear perhaps? Assuming "add you's "be" to mean "are" or "R" Edited March 6, 2009 by Grayven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) I've gotten most of the hints so far... Trace, racket, racer, tracker, err at the end, but I think I'm lost. My answer does not rhyme. Table? Adding you's be (are) with C can make Trace. Sort of. Sorry this is my first post and I'm just thinking out loud... Edited March 6, 2009 by ajoobey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 (edited) tea and tear perhaps? Assuming "add you's "be" to mean "are" or "R" we are both half right i believe... EAT (1st line) Front to Back = TEA + "you's 'be' = R = TEAR Which rhymes w/ HERE. then "use C" to get trace, etc etc. That's gotta be it! Edited March 6, 2009 by Scottie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Okay if you end up with TEAR and you simply add a 'look', a 'see' = C, you can't get TRACE. You have to rearrange the letters too and the rhyme doesn't say to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted March 6, 2009 Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Okay if you end up with TEAR and you simply add a 'look', a 'see' = C, you can't get TRACE. You have to rearrange the letters too and the rhyme doesn't say to do that. I disagree... Bonanova said..."TRACE" and RACKET were correct -- and you have to move the T to the end for that to happen... but OP doesn't say that you had to do that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bonanova Posted March 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2009 Going from TEAR [correct] to TRACE and then to RACKET does require rearrangement, which the OP left out. I thought most would find RACKET first and work both ways from there. That was my fav couplet. EAT TEAR TRACE RACKET TRACKER RACER REAR ERR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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A repasts' agenda begins all things here.
Move back to front and add you's "be" ... <-[yeah, right: the new word goes there]
You must, you see, for here rhymes belong
or else you'll discover that it is all wrong.
Now add a "look"; but "see" only a ghost
or a hint, or a border, if that, at most.
Add K to produce the young Spaniard's tool
which aided him recently down under to rule.
Move back to front, and again add an R
to get one who finds his prey, be't near or far.
Drop Spaniard's K, and also first's last
to get one whose livelihood's to always be fast.
Remove now the C, and flip middle two
and you will discover what's following you.
Then toss out the A, and give things a shake
And, Lo and behold: you've made a mistake!
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