Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 107, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A house of cards Last Line: That's the fun. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Card Games; Playing Cards | ||||||||
A HOUSE of cards Is neat and small: Shake the table, It must fall. Find the Court cards One by one; Raise it, roof it, -- Now it's done: -- Shake the table! That's the fun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DREAM OF GAMES by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN TEN MILLS: IN DIVES' DIVE by ROBERT FROST PROUST'S MADELEINE by KENNETH REXROTH SOLITAIRE UNDER THE OAKS by WALLACE STEVENS THE CARD-DEALER by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI BLUEBEARD'S LAST WIFE: COMES PLAYINGCARD by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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