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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO RULE TO BE AFRAID OF, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: The grammar has a rule absurd Last Line: Why, that is what I'll end it with! Subject(s): Education; Grammar; Schools; Students | |||
The grammar has a rule absurd Which I would call an outworn myth; "A preposition is a word You mustn't end a sentence with!" That rule I very often flout Because it makes me far from calm. It's one I do not care about. I wonder where they get it from? I'll make a preposition do The thing I want to use it for. Why should that be objected to? There's nothing in it to abhor. For since my school days first commenced It is a practice which I've found No reason to protest against Amid the folks I've been around. And though to purists it's a sin And one that's largely frowned upon, It's one that I've persisted in Whatever spot I'm dwelling on. For if to any sentence pat, A preposition adds more pith, And aids what I am driving at Why, that is what I'll end it with! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB YOU GO TO SCHOOL TO LEARN by THOMAS LUX GRADESCHOOL'S LARGE WINDOWS by THOMAS LUX |
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