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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: ETIQUETTE Matches Found: 47 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A COMPROMISE, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Once two little gentlemen, very polite Last Line: Each walked away with a jubilant face. Subject(s): Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy A MONSIEUR NASO, VEROLE, by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Naso lets none drink in his glass but he Last Line: Think you 'tis curious pride? 'tis courtesy. Alternate Author Name(s): Martial Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Etiquette; Wine; Manners; Courtesy AFFECTATION, by WALT MASON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The men of simple manners please; they Last Line: Blamed ridiculous you are! Subject(s): Etiquette; Men; Pride; Manners; Courtesy; Self-esteem; Self-respect AMATEUR BARBARIAN, by BENJAMIN DOWNING Poem Source First Line: An amateur barbarian,' you called yourself Last Line: Professional, articulate, an englishman Subject(s): Etiquette BE POLITE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Let us try to be polite Last Line: And don't forget 'thank you' Subject(s): Etiquette; Manners;courtesy CAELICA: 23, by FULKE GREVILLE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Merlin, they say, an english prophet born Last Line: "yet you would laugh as heartily, as I." Alternate Author Name(s): Brooke, 1st Baron; Brooke, Lord Subject(s): Etiquette; Merlin; Manners; Courtesy CORRUPTION OF MANNERS, by DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS Poem Source First Line: But wanton now, and lolling at our ease Last Line: And double tapers on the tables dance Alternate Author Name(s): Juvenal Subject(s): Etiquette COURTESY, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Or courtesy, it is much less Last Line: My rhyme is written, my work is done. Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Courtesy; Christmas; Etiquette; Jesus Christ; Nativity, The; Manners; Courtesy COURTESY, by HILAIRE BELLOC Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Of courtesy, it is much less Last Line: My rhyme is written, my work is done. Alternate Author Name(s): Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene Subject(s): Christmas; Etiquette; Jesus Christ; Nativity, The; Manners; Courtesy DIRE WARNINGS: FROM AUNT EILEEN: SOCIAL ARBITER, by ELAINE HATFIELD Poem Source First Line: Don't chew with your mouth open Last Line: Get your feet off the coffee table Subject(s): Aunts; Etiquette ELEPHANTS OF THAILAND, by SUH JUNG-JU Poem Source First Line: The elephants of thailand perform their bows extremely well Last Line: Their relatively uneventful independence Subject(s): Elephants; Etiquette ETIQUETTE, by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The ballyshannon foundered off the coast of cariboo Last Line: And somers has the turtle -- turtle always makes him sick. Alternate Author Name(s): Gilbert, W. S. Subject(s): Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy ETIQUETTE, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The gossips tell a story of the sparrow and the cat Subject(s): Etiquette GOOD CUSTOMS, by DERICK BURLESON Poem Source First Line: If you have a sweet potato give half to your brother Last Line: Sacrifice butter and beer at the ancestors' altars %let only laughter scar your face Subject(s): Etiquette; Rwanda GOOD MANNERS AT MEAT, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This rule of manners I will teach my guests Last Line: Farc't with the food, that may themselves suffice. Subject(s): Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy HOW TO EAT LIKE A CHILD, SELS., by NORA EPHRON Subject(s): Dinners And Dining; Etiquette; Food And Eating HOW TO GET ON IN SOCIETY, by JOHN BETJEMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Phone for the fish-knives, norman Last Line: With afternoon tea-cake and scones. Subject(s): Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy HOW TO LOOK WHEN SPEAKING, by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Louisa, my love,' mrs. Manners began Last Line: "to speak and to look as you ought!" Subject(s): Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy LIVING WITH MISTAKES, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They won't wear boots Last Line: In their presence. Subject(s): Errors; Etiquette; Water; Mistakes; Fallacies; Manners; Courtesy MANNERS, by ELIZABETH BISHOP Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandfather said to me Subject(s): Etiquette; Grandparents; Manners; Courtesy; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers MANNERS, by ELIZABETH BISHOP Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My grandfather said to me Last Line: So we all got down and walked, %as our good manners required Subject(s): Etiquette; Grandparents MANNERS, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When I sit down, all clean and bright Last Line: May ask me out to tea someday! Subject(s): Children; Etiquette; Girls; Childhood; Manners; Courtesy MODERN MANNERS, by MARY (CUMBERLAND) ALCOCK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Of modern manners let me sing Last Line: I care not when we part.' Subject(s): Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy MY MOTHER SAYS I'M SICKENING, by JACK PRELUTSKY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: I wish my mother wouldn't make %so many useless rules Subject(s): Dinners And Dining; Etiquette; Food And Eating NECESSARY OBSERVATIONS: 30TH PRECEPT, by THOMAS RANDOLPH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To all alike be courteous, meek, and kind Last Line: To whom thy friendship shall familiar be. Subject(s): Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy NEVER TAKE A PIG TO LUNCH, by SUSAN ALTON SCHMELTZ Poem Source Last Line: If his manners make you moan, %better let him lunch alone Subject(s): Dinners And Dining; Etiquette; Food And Eating; Pigs PEAS (1), by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: I eat my peas with honey Last Line: But it keeps them on the knife Subject(s): Dinners & Dining;etiquette;food & Eating;mnemonics;peas; Manners;courtesy PEAS (2), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I eat my peas with honey Last Line: But they sure stick on the knife Subject(s): Etiquette; Peas PEAS (3), by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: I eat my peas with honey Last Line: It may seem kind of funny, %but it keeps them on my knife Subject(s): Etiquette; Peas POLITENESS, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY Poem Text First Line: If people ask me Last Line: That they'd lay off asking. Subject(s): Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy POLITENESS, by HARRY GRAHAM Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Politeness is a useful art Last Line: The more polite you ought to be. Alternate Author Name(s): Streamer, Col. D. Subject(s): Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy POLITENESS, by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Good little boys should never say Last Line: "and, ""yes, ma'am,"" to a lady." Subject(s): Boys; Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy ROSA, by RITA DOVE Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How she sat there Subject(s): Etiquette; Parks, Rosa (1913-2005); Manners; Courtesy ROSA, by RITA DOVE Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How she sat there Last Line: When they bent down to retrieve %her purse. That courtesy Subject(s): Etiquette; Parks, Rosa (b. 1913) RULES AND REGULATIONS, by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A short direction / to avoid dejection Last Line: "moral: ""behave.'" Alternate Author Name(s): Carroll, Lewis Subject(s): Etiquette; Mnemonics; Manners; Courtesy TABLE MANNERS, by FRANK GELETT BURGESS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The goops they lick their fingers Last Line: So that is why I am glad that I %am not a goop. Are you? Alternate Author Name(s): Burgess, Gelett Subject(s): Dinners And Dining; Etiquette; Food And Eating TABLE MANNERS, by OLIVER MARBLE Poem Text First Line: When teddy bears are brought to table Last Line: As if they lived in town. Subject(s): Dinners & Dining; Etiquette; Tableware; Manners; Courtesy; Cutlery; Forks; Plates TABLE RULES FOR LITTLE FOLKS, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: In silence I must take my seat Last Line: In praise for his wondrous love Subject(s): Children;etiquette;grace; Childhood;manners;courtesy TAKE YOUR CHOICE: AND BLISS CARMAN, by BERTON BRALEY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There's a curl upon her forehead and the heart of her is good Last Line: Why she romps with mother april and behaves like anything! Subject(s): Carman, Bliss (1861-1929); Etiquette; Girls; Manners; Courtesy THE LOST PUDDING, by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Miss kitty was rude at the table one day Last Line: Without giving kitty one taste. Subject(s): Etiquette; Food & Eating; Girls; Manners; Courtesy TIT FOR TAT, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I often pass a gracious tree Last Line: Quite probably you don't know mine. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy TROUBLE WITH DINNER, by J. A. LINDON Poem Source First Line: Why can't I dig with my spoon and make Last Line: I hope the puppy finds it first Subject(s): Dinners And Dining; Etiquette; Food And Eating WE MUST BE POLITE: 1, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If we meet a gorilla Subject(s): Animals; Apes; Etiquette; Gorillas; Chimpanzees; Gibbons; Orangutans; Manners; Courtesy WE MUST BE POLITE: 1, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If we meet a gorilla Last Line: Where you came from Subject(s): Animals; Apes; Etiquette WE MUST BE POLITE: 2, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If an elephant knocks on your door Subject(s): Elephants; Etiquette; Manners; Courtesy WE MUST BE POLITE: 2, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If an elephant knocks on your door Last Line: Of potatoes - will that be enough for %your breakfast, sir Subject(s): Elephants; Etiquette WOULD YOU CARE FOR A SMOKE OR A SHERRY?, by MOPEV [PSEUD.] Poem Text Last Line: "I wear any old bags in the country, / but one has to be soignee in town" Alternate Author Name(s): Mopev Subject(s): "betjeman, Sir John (1906-1984);etiquette;" Manners;courtesy |
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