Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GREAT EXPLORER, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He sailed o'er the weltery watery Last Line: Of the kinkable cannibal isles. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Explorers; Islands; Sailing & Sailors; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers | ||||||||
HE sailed o'er the weltery watery miles For a tabular year-and-a-day, To the kindless, kinkable Cannibal Isles He sailed and he sailed away! He captured a loon in a wild lagoon, And a yak that weeps and smiles, And a bustard-bird, and a blue baboon, In the kindless Cannibal Isles And wilds Of the kinkable Cannibal Isles. He swiped in bats with his butterflynet, In the kindless Cannibal Isles And got short-waisted and over-het In the haunts of the crocodiles; And nine or ten little Pigmy Men Of the quaintest shapes and styles He shipped back home to his old Aunt Jenn, From the kindless Cannibal Isles And wilds Of the kinkable Cannibal Isles. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SHACKLETON by MADELINE DEFREES AMERICA IS HARD TO SEE by ROBERT FROST CONCERNING THE RIGHT TO LIFE by JORIE GRAHAM THE HEAD ON THE TABLE by JOHN HAINES PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 1 by SIDNEY LANIER PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 2 by SIDNEY LANIER PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 3 by SIDNEY LANIER PSALM OF THE WEST: SONNET ON COLUMBUS: 4 by SIDNEY LANIER A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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