Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCARECROW, by MABEL WARD RUDD First Line: I like the way you stand at ease Last Line: Success to almost anything. Subject(s): Birds; Crows; Scarecrows | ||||||||
I like the way you stand at ease, Your trousers bagging round your knees, Your burlap shirt reduced to tatters. To you, dilapidation matters Nothing. In your straw-filled head, Not a single thought is bred. What monstrous bluff! -- for you to hold A toy gun and look so bold; You terrify the stupid crows Which flap above the seeded rows. Heigh-ho! You make it clear to me What, otherwise, I might not see: A person, bold enough, can bring Success to almost anything. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GRANNY'S SCARECROW by ANNE STEVENSON THE SCARECROW by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE SCARECROW by ANDREW YOUNG (1885-1971) SCARECROW by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN LEDA AND THE SCARECROW by GARRETT OPPENHEIM THE SCARECROW by JOSEPH MARIE SOULARY MUSINGS ON THE WIG OF A SCARE-CROW by ROBERT SOUTHEY TO A SCARECROW, OR MALKIN, LEFT LONG AFTER HARVEST by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER HERE IN THIS PASTURE by MABEL WARD RUDD |
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