Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TIT FOR TAT, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have you been catching of fish, tom noddy? Last Line: Till you are cooked yourself! Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Animals | ||||||||
Have you been catching of fish, Tom Noddy? Have you snared a weeping hare? Have you whistled, 'No Nunny,' and gunned a poor bunny, Or a blinded bird of the air? Have you trod like a murderer through the green woods, Through the dewy deep dingles and glooms, While every small creature screamed shrill to Dame Nature, 'He comes -- and he comes!'? Wonder I very much do, Tom Noddy, If ever, when off you roam, An Ogre from space will stoop a lean face And lug you home: Lug you home over his fence, Tom Noddy, Of thorn-sticks nine yards high, With your bent knees strung round his old iron gun And your head dan-dangling by: And hang you up stiff on a hook, Tom Noddy, From a stone-cold pantry shelf, Whence your eyes will glare in an empty stare, Till you are cooked yourself! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROMANTIC MOMENTS by TONY HOAGLAND INSECT LIFE OF FLORIDA by LYNDA HULL THE ANIMALS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE PRESENCES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES BESTIARY by EARL (EARLE) BIRNEY THE FARMER'S BOY: WINTER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD ALL THAT'S PAST by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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