2 MAY 1952, Page 14

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. I16

Set by R. J. P. Hewison A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for a poem of ten to fourteen lines in rime riche on a subject suitable to the month of May. (In rime riche the rhyming syllables have the same sound throughout, but different meanings, and are often, but not always, distinguished by the spelling, e.g. " Let us fly," Said the flea: Said the fly, "Let us flee."

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked" Competition," and must be received not later than May 14th. Results will be published in the Spectator of May 23rd.