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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON COMMUNISTS; EPIGRAM, by EBENEZER ELLIOTT Poet's Biography First Line: What is a communist? One who hath yearnings Last Line: To fork out his penny, and pocket your shilling. Alternate Author Name(s): Corn-law Rhymer; Elliot, Ebenezer Subject(s): Communism | |||
What is a communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings: Idler, or bungler, or both, he is willing To fork out his penny, and pocket your shilling. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FOREIGN COUNTRY by JOSEPHINE MILES THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#14) by MARVIN BELL CULTURAL NOTES by KENNETH FEARING MARX AND ENGELS by ROBERT FROST CULTURAL EVOLUTION; AFTER POPE by CAROLYN KIZER JOE HILL LISTENS TO THE PRAYING by KENNETH PATCHEN THINGS THEY SAY by ROQUE DALTON KRAL MAJALES by ALLEN GINSBERG A POET'S EPITAPH by EBENEZER ELLIOTT |
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