Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JEMIMA (2), by ANONYMOUS First Line: "there was a little girl, who had a little curl" Last Line: "and spanked her, most emphatic" Subject(s): Girls;punishment | ||||||||
THERE was a little girl, who had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead, And when she was good she was very, very good, But when she was bad she was horrid. She stood on her head, on her little truckle-bed, With nobody by for to hinder; She screamed and she squalled, she yelled and she bawled, And drummed her little heels against the winder. Her mother heard the noise, and thought it was the boys Playing in the empty attic, She rushed upstairs, and caught her unawares, And spanked her, most emphatic. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...COLUMNS AND CARYATIDS: 1. THE WIFE by CAROLYN KIZER CRIME AND PUNISHMENT by CAROLYN KIZER THE UNJUSTLY PUNISHED CHILD by SHARON OLDS NOT QUITE SOCIAL by ROBERT FROST TO THE UNKNOWN EROS: BOOK 1: 10. THE TOYS by COVENTRY KERSEY DIGHTON PATMORE A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY EXPLANATION by VIRGINIA A. ALLIN TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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