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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WRANGDILLION, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Dexery-tethery! Down in the dike
Last Line: And hums like a telegraph pole.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Ghosts; Leaves; Supernatural
First Line: Dexery-tethery! Down in the dike
Last Line: And hums like a telegraph pole.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Ghosts; Leaves; Supernatural
Dexery-tethery! down in the dike,
Under the ooze and the slime,
Nestles the wraith of a reticent Gryke,
Blubbering bubbles of rhyme:
Though the reeds touch him and tickle his teeth --
Though the Graigroll and the Cheest
Pluck at the leaves of his laureate-wreath,
Nothing affects him the least.
He sinks to the dregs in the dead o' the night,
And he shuffles the shadows about
As he gathers the stars in a nest of delight
And sets there and hatches them out:
The Zhederrill peers from his watery mine
In scorn with the Will-o'-the-wisp,
As he twinkles his eyes in a whisper of shine
That ends in a luminous lisp.
The Morning is born like a baby of gold,
And it lies in a spasm of pink,
And rallies the Cheest for the horrible cold
He has dragged to the willowy brink,
The Gryke blots his tears with a scrap of his grief,
And growls at the wary Graigroll
As he twunkers a tune on a Tiljicum leaf
And hums like a telegraph pole.
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