Quote #132608
I claim there ain't
Another Saint
As great as Valentine.
Ogden Nash
About This Quote
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Interpretation
In Nash’s characteristically light, rhymed, and colloquial style (“ain’t”), the speaker offers a playful encomium to St. Valentine, the patron figure culturally associated with romantic love and the holiday of Valentine’s Day. The exaggerated claim that no other saint is “as great” humorously elevates a largely secularized celebration above the weightier domains of traditional sainthood. The short, singsong stanza mimics a greeting-card jingle, suggesting Nash is gently satirizing sentimental Valentine’s conventions even as he participates in them. The wit lies in the mock-solemn “I claim” and the comic disproportion between religious reverence and modern romance marketing.



