Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE VOWELS: AN ENIGMA, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poet's Biography First Line: We are little airy creatures Last Line: It can never fly from you. Variant Title(s): On The Vowels - A Riddle;riddle: The Five;a E I O U Subject(s): Mnemonics; Vowels | ||||||||
We are little airy creatures, All of different voice and features; One of us in glass is set, One of us you'll find in jet, T'other you may see in tin, And the fourth a box within; If the fifth you should pursue, It can never fly from you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...W (A USER'S MANUAL) by CHRISTIAN BOK THE VOWELS; FOR LEON BAKST by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER VOWEL SONNET by ARTHUR RIMBAUD VOWELS by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD CHAPTER E, SELS. by CHRISTIAN BOK CHAPTER I, SELS. by CHRISTIAN BOK CHAPTER O, SELS. by CHRISTIAN BOK A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG NYMPH GOING TO BED by JONATHAN SWIFT |
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