In the United States Margaritaville reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and went to number one on the Easy Listening chart, also peaking at #13 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Billboard ranked it number 14 on its 1977 Pop Singles year-end chart. It remains Buffett's highest charting solo single.
Bare bodkin is the salient point (no pun intended) of this line, so it gets the stresses. This creates a pyrrhic/spondee/iamb/iamb/iamb rhythm. Bodkin at the time meant a sharp instrument, much like an awl, used for punching holes in leather.
Shakespeareâs Bare Bodkin. The last week of April offers an adequate excuse each year to think again for a moment about William Shakespeare. We know that Shakespeare was baptized on April 26, 1564. Because of this, his birthdate has traditionally been set at April 23, coincidentally (or not coincidentally) the feastday of St. George, patron saint of England. April 23 also happens to be the date on which he died, in 1616, fifty-two years later. But any excuse is a good excuse for remembering the Bard. Lately we have an added need for recalling Shakespeare, since many of Americaâs most prestigious colleges and universities have forgotten him.