Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN THE WORLD BU'STS THROUGH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where's a boy a-goin' Last Line: "clean -- plum -- through!" Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Children; Disasters; Earthquakes; Farm Life; Childhood; Agriculture; Farmers | ||||||||
WHERE'S a boy a-goin', An' what's he goin' to do, An' how's he goin' to do it, When the world bu'sts through? Ma she says "she can't tell What we're comin' to!" An' Pop says "he's ist skeered Clean -- plum -- through!" S'pose we'd be a-playin' Out in the street, An' the ground 'ud split up 'Bout forty feet! -- Ma says "she ist knows We 'ud tumble in"; An' Pop says "he bets you Nen we wouldn't grin!" S'pose we'd ist be 'tendin' Like we had a show, Down in the stable Where we mustn't go, -- Ma says, "The earthquake Might make it fall"; An' Pop says, "More'n like Swaller barn an' all!" Landy! ef we both wuz Runnin' 'way from school, Out in the shady woods Where it's all so cool! -- Ma says "a big tree Might sqush our head"; An' Pop says, "Chop 'em out Both -- killed -- dead!" But where's a boy goin', An' what's he goin' to do, An' how's he goin' to do it, Ef the world bu'sts through? Ma she says "she can't tell What we're comin' to!" An' Pop says "he's ist skeered Clean -- plum -- through!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KICKING THE LEAVES by DONALD HALL THE FARMER'S BOY: WINTER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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