When Hugo Meets Shakespear, Volume 1

Here is a collection of these famous poems
Of this genius, master of French classic poetry,
In which the author lured ideas, meters and rhymes,
In their proper sequence and their sweet symmetry,

Into following him abroad.
They all agreed and came along.
Sadly the metaphors did not want to belong.
They chose to remain on their "sol".
They would not step on any "soil"
Though "I" so much pleaded with them.
But the others had a god time,
Where every rime found its own rhyme.
They went snuggly upon each shelf...
Well, you will get to judge yourself.