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HOWQUA by THOMAS HOOD

Poet Analysis

First Line: IS OF THREE DIFFERENT SORTS; ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT GENERALLY
Last Line: NOHOW-QUA, WHICH FALLS TO THE LOT OF THOSE WHO CANNOT GET ANY TEA AT ALL.
Subject(s): FOOD & EATING; TEA;
IS of three different sorts; although they are not generally particularised by the tea-dealers or
brokers: viz.,
SOMEHOW-QUA, which includes Hyson, Souchong, Bohea, &c., as well as the tea advertised by Captain
Pidding:
ANYHOW-QUA -- composed of sloe, ash, willow, second-hand tea-leaves, or any other vegetable
rubbish, and
NOHOW-QUA, which falls to the lot of those who cannot get any tea at all.



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