Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADVERTISEMENT, by ANONYMOUS First Line: The codfish lays a million eggs Last Line: Its pays to advertise! Subject(s): Advertising;mnemonics | ||||||||
The codfish lays a million eggs, The helpful hen lays one. The codfish makes no fuss of its achievement, The hen boasts what she's done. We forget the gentle codfish, The hen we eulogise; Which teaches us this lesson that -- It pays to advertise! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPISTLE TO MR. MURRAY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON STANZAS TO A LADY, WITH THE POEMS OF CAMOENS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON METRICAL FEET by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE HOMERIC HEXAMETER [DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED] by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE, DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE LESSER EPISTLES: TO A YOUNG LADY WITH SOME LAMPREYS by JOHN GAY A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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