‘What?’ Joe Biden wants the world to rhyme together and nobody knows what he’s talking about

I need Biden-to-coherent-English translator here. Any takers? https://t.co/tzIYBxOuQW

— lauren (@LilMissRightie) February 7, 2015

Let’s take a shot at making hope and history rhyme in the United States, Europe, and around the world. pic.twitter.com/GBqnonlJ1H

— Vice President Biden (@VP) February 7, 2015

What? RT @VP: Let’s take a shot at making hope and history rhyme in the United States, Europe, and around the world. pic.twitter.com/8Iqi1Rhr2I

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) February 7, 2015

Huh? RT @VP: Let’s take a shot at making hope and history rhyme in the United States, Europe, and around the world. pic.twitter.com/yK5XfsBuSZ

— Elena Schneider (@ec_schneider) February 7, 2015

Seriously, I don't get what this means. "@VP: Let’s take a shot at making hope and history rhyme.

— Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) February 7, 2015

WUUUUT????https://t.co/DMugcIblBD

— GayPatriot (@GayPatriot) February 7, 2015

No clue.https://t.co/9MpqM69eHg

— Erin (@sqwerin) February 7, 2015

If I don a black turtleneck and a little beret like a beatnik, will @VP 's tweet make any more sense? Heavy daddi-o. Real heavy.

— lauren (@LilMissRightie) February 7, 2015

@redsteeze @ec_schneider @VP "Hope" already rhymes with "dope"

— Data Dave (@DaveHimrich) February 7, 2015

@dandrezner @MikeGrunwald @VP Histope? Sounds dystopian to me.

— hannah draper (@draperha) February 7, 2015

MT @VP https://t.co/T1dpXr7msb

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) February 7, 2015

@MikeGrunwald Does hope rhyme with history? Nope – it's a mystery. @GayPatriot @VP

— Justin Walton (@JustinRWalton) February 7, 2015

"I'm a poet and I didn't even realize it."https://t.co/nkZF85sPII pic.twitter.com/OqjQ3910rH

— AOTUS (@The_Autopen) February 7, 2015

@lachlan @VP This represents his speechwriter's ill-advised attempt to allude to a line by Seamus Heaney from The Cure at Troy.

— Pemberley (@collected_mind) February 7, 2015

It's no mystery.I'm just the dopeWho didn't think historyRhymed with hope.–Not Seamus Heaney

— Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) February 7, 2015

Just because it's a Seamus Heaney poem doesn't mean it isn't this: "@GayPatriot: @MikeGrunwald Jibberish.”

— Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) February 7, 2015

@MikeGrunwald @VP Jibberish.

— GayPatriot (@GayPatriot) February 7, 2015