I don't get the DoD thing either. But the way the back-translation of the sonnet is written reminds me a lot of how Okrand wrotes his back-translation of the warrior's anthem: http://www.klingonwiki.net/En/WarriorsAnthem For instance, Okrand's back-translated sentences in the anthem tend to be more complex and verbose, and he uses punctuation at the ends of sentences (unlike the King John back-translation).