There were two cheerful pronouns
And nought did them disturb:
Until they met, out walking.
A conjugative verb.
The pronouns, child, were You and I,
We might as well confess;
But, ah, the mischief-making verb
I leave to you to guess!
Inscription For A Grammar
Analysis, meaning and summary of Christopher Morley's poem Inscription For A Grammar
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When the first stanza is properly punctuated, this poem is delightful. Please consider adding a comma at the end of the first line and substituting a comma for the colon after walking in the third line. Some one must have made a typographical error in entering Morley’s poem.
When the first stanza is properly punctuated, this poem is delightful. Please consider adding a comma at the end of the first line and substituting a comma for the colon after walking in the third line. Some one must have made a typographical error in entering Morley’s poem.
and oh what fun christopher morley must have had imagining different verbs with the pronouns, “you” and “i”….and so might we also!
do you mean there isn’t one single answer to the riddle?