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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FROG, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Be kind and tender to the frog Last Line: They are extremely rare). Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Animals; Frogs | |||
BE kind and tender to the Frog, And do not call him names, As "Slimy-Skin," or "Polly-wog," Or likewise, "Uncle James," Or "Gape-a-grin," or "Toad-gone-wrong," Or "Billy-Bandy-knees;" The Frog is justly sensitive To epithets like these. No animal will more repay A treatment kind and fair, At least, so lonely people say Who keep a frog (and, by the way, They are extremely rare). | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOUNG BULLFROGS by CARL SANDBURG SMALL FROGS KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY by JAMES WRIGHT ASSAULT by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY BACCHUS AND THE FROGS by ARISTOPHANES THE FROGS: THE FROGS' SONG by ARISTOPHANES WHAT THE FROGS SING by PHOEBE CARY |
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