Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHANGELING, by HEINRICH HEINE Poet's Biography First Line: A child with monstrous pumpkin head Last Line: For heaven's sake, drown it or else burn it! Subject(s): Babies; Children; Monsters; Infants; Childhood | ||||||||
A CHILD with monstrous pumpkin head, Grey pigtail, and moustache light red, With lanky arms and yet stupendous, No bowels, yet with maw tremendous, -- A changling which a Corporal Into our cradle had let fall On stealing from it our own baby -- This monster, falsehood's child, (or may be 'Twas in reality the son Of his own favourite dog alone) -- What need to say how much we spurn it? For heaven's sake, drown it or else burn it! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE |
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