Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUNTY, by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I'm sorry for a feller if he hasn't any aunt Last Line: If pa's bought another baby in the time I've been away. Alternate Author Name(s): Guest, Eddie Subject(s): Aunts | ||||||||
I'm sorry for a feller if he hasn't any aunt, To let him eat and do the things his mother says he can't. An aunt to come a visitin' or one to go and see Is just about the finest kind of lady there could be. Of course she's not your mother, an' she hasn't got her ways, But a part that's most important in a feller's life she plays. She is kind an' she is gentle, an' sometimes she's full of fun, An' she's very sympathetic when some dreadful thing you've done. An' she likes to buy you candy, an' she's always gettin' toys That you wish your Pa would get you, for she hasn't any boys. But sometimes she's over-loving, an' your cheeks turn red with shame When she smothers you with kisses, but you like her just the same. One time my father took me to my aunty's, an' he said: "You will stay here till I get you, an' be sure you go to bed When your aunty says it's time to, an' be good an' mind her, too, An' when you come home we'll try to have a big surprise for you." I did as I was told to, an' when Pa came back for me He said there was a baby at the house for me to see. I've been visitin' at aunty's for a week or two, an' Pa Has written that he's comin' soon to take me home to Ma. He says they're gettin' lonely, an' I'm kind o' lonely, too, Coz an aunt is not exactly what your mother is to you. I am hungry now to see her, but I'm wondering to-day If Pa's bought another baby in the time I've been away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY MOTHER'S SISTER by CECIL DAY LEWIS THE PHOTO OF EMILY by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI THE GREAT AUNTS OF MY CHILDHOOD by ALICE FULTON IF GOD WON'T TAKE ME WHY WON'T THE DEVIL?'; GREAT-GREAT-AUNT LEONORA by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE |
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