|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHARADE: 17, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poet's Biography
First Line: Enter my first with a studied grace
Last Line: Not quite rightly spelt, but comparison rare.
Subject(s): Dandelions; Flowers; Weeds
First Line: Enter my first with a studied grace
Last Line: Not quite rightly spelt, but comparison rare.
Subject(s): Dandelions; Flowers; Weeds
ENTER my first with a studied grace,
Conceit in his head, and a smirk on his face;
Of fashion he deems himself quite the top,
And he's scented like any perfumer's shop;
So among the ladies he's surely reckoned,
For the evening at least, to be quite my second.
But oh! what a fall for the brilliant star!
A lady's whisper is heard too far:
'Of all the flowers that ever were,
The only one I to him compare
Is my scentless whole, with its gaudy stare.'
Not quite rightly spelt, but comparison rare.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
JUST THE WIND FOR A SOUND, SOFTLY by CARL PHILLIPS
TO THE DANDELION by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
WEEDS by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY
PREFACE by THEODORE RUSSELL WEISS
CONSECRATION HYMN by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL
I DID THIS FOR THEE! WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME? by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL
A BIRTHDAY GREETING TO MY FATHER, 1860 by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL