The firefly’s flame
Is something for which science has no name
I can think of nothing eerier
Than flying around with an unidentified glow on a
person’s posteerier.

Analysis, meaning and summary of Ogden Nash's poem The Firefly

2 Comments

  1. Bette McNeill says:
    October 15, 2005 at 8:18 pm

    40 years ago I read the poem, The Firefly. I can’t remember all of it, and I want to read it again. I love this little poem!

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  2. adora says:
    April 10, 2005 at 12:47 pm

    i love this poem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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