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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOUSE'S NEST, by JOHN CLARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I found a ball of grass among the hay Last Line: And broad old cesspools glittered in the sun. Subject(s): Mice | |||
I found a ball of grass among the hay And progged it as I passed and went away; And when I looked I fancied something stirred, And turned agen, and hoped to catch the bird -- When out an old mouse bolted in the wheats With all her young ones hanging at her teats; She looked so odd and so grotesque to me, I ran and wondered what the thing could be, And pushed the knapweed bunches where I stood. Then the mouse hurried from the craking brood, The young ones squeaked, and as I went away, She found her nest again among the hay. The water o'er the pebbles scarce could run, And broad old cesspools glittered in the sun. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GRAVE OF THE KITCHEN MOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE A CONVERSATION WITH A MOUSE by ROBERT BLY THE HOUSE MOUSE by JACK PRELUTSKY FACADE: 7. MADAME MOUSE TROTS by EDITH SITWELL THE MOUSE'S PETITION TO DOCTOR PRIESTLY FOUND IN THE TRAP .. by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD TO A MOUSE, ON TURNING HER UP IN HER NEST WITH THE PLOUGH by ROBERT BURNS THE MOUSE by ELIZABETH JANE COATSWORTH |
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