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A PARENT REPRIMANDED by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: SOMETIMES I THINK 'AT PARUNTS DOES
Last Line: IST WITE WHERE MA SHE SAID IT'S AT!
Subject(s): PARENTS; PUNISHMENT; PARENTHOOD;
SOMETIMES I think 'at Parunts does
Things ist about as bad as @3us@1 -- Wite 'fore our vurry eyes, at that!
Fer one time Pa he scold' my Ma 'Cause he can't find his hat;
An' she ist @3cried@1, she did! An' I Says, "Ef you scold my Ma
Ever again an' make her cry, W'y, you shan't @3be@1 my Pa!"
An' nen he laugh' an' find his hat
Ist wite where Ma she said it's at!



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