Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 80, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Playing at bob cherry Last Line: With the cherry tree. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Cherries; Fruit | ||||||||
PLAYING at bob cherry Tom and Nell and Hugh: Cherry bob! cherry bob! There's a bob for you. Tom bobs a cherry For gaping snapping Hugh, While curly-pated Nelly Snaps at it too. Look, look, look -- Oh what a sight to see! The wind is playing cherry bob With the cherry tree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CROSSED APPLE by LOUISE BOGAN TO MY CLASS: ON CERTAIN FRUITS AND FLOWERS SENT ... SICKNESS by SIDNEY LANIER APPLES OF HESPERIDES by AMY LOWELL THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE HUMAN, AVIAN, VEGETABLE, BLOOD by KENNETH REXROTH 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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