Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MIDGET, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Just a span and half a span Last Line: He keeps his own small darkened house. Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter Subject(s): Epitaphs | ||||||||
Just a span and half a span From head to heel was this little man. Scarcely a capful of small bones Raised up erect this Midget once. Yet not a knuckle was askew; Inches for feet God made him true; And something handsome put between His coal-black hair and beardless chin. But now, forsooth, with mole and mouse, He keeps his own small darkened house. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: RICHARD BONE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS AN EPITAPH, INTENDED FOR HIMSELF by JAMES BEATTIE EPITAPH: IN OBITUM M.S. XO MAIJ, 1614 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS [OR VILLERS] (1) by THOMAS CAREW EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS [OR VILLERS] (2) by THOMAS CAREW ALL THAT'S PAST by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE |
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