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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DODO, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The dodo used to walk around Last Line: All in the mu-se-um. Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Extinct Animals | |||
The Dodo used to walk around, And take the sun and air. The sun yet warms his native ground -- The Dodo is not there! The voice which used to squawk and squeak Is now for ever dumb -- Yet may you see his bones and beak All in the Mu-se-um. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CONTRA MORTEM: THE VILLAGE by HAYDEN CARRUTH A HUNDRED A DAY by DENISE LEVERTOV THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 7 by KENNETH REXROTH FOR A COMING EXTINCTION by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN NATURAL WORLD: 1 by JAMES HARRISON |
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