Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO, by EDWARD LEAR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Said the duck to the kangaroo Last Line: As the duck and the kangaroo? Subject(s): Ducks; Friendship; Kangaroos; Nonsense; Mallards; Drakes | ||||||||
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, "Good gracious! how you hop Over the fields, and the water too, As if you never would stop! My life is a bore in this nasty pond; And I long to go out in the world beyond: I wish I could hop like you," Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. "Please give me a ride on your back," Said the Duck to the Kangaroo: "I would sit quite still, and say nothing but "Quack,' The whole of the long day through; And we'd go the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee, Over the land, and over the sea: Please take me a ride! oh, do!" Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. Said the Kangaroo to the Duck, "This requires some little reflection. Perhaps, on the whole, it might bring me luck: And there seems but one objection; Which is, if you'll let me speak so bold, Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold, And would probably give me the roo -- Matiz," said the Kangaroo. Said the Duck, "As I sate on the rocks, I have thought over that completely; And I bought four pairs of worsted socks, Which fit my web-feet neatly; And, to keep out the cold, I've bought a cloak; And every day a cigar I'll smoke; And to follow my own dear true Love of a Kangaroo." Said the Kangaroo, "I'm ready, All in the moonlight pale; But to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady, And quite at the end of my tail." So away they went with a hop and a bound; And they hopped the whole world three times round. And who so happy, oh! who, As the Duck and the Kangaroo? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DUCK-CHASING by GALWAY KINNELL PORTRAIT OF THE GREAT WHITE HUNTER FOXHUNTING IN THE ABSENCE OF BIG... by CLARENCE MAJOR ESSAY: DUCKS by ELENI SIKELIANOS THE WILD DUCK'S NEST by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE MALLARDS PASS UNHARMED by LAURA FRANCES ALEXANDER |
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