Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG ABOUT MY SELF, by JOHN KEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There was a naughty boy Last Line: And he wonder'd. Variant Title(s): The Naughty Boy;there Was A Naughty Boy (from A Letter To Fanny Keats) | ||||||||
I There was a naughty Boy A naughty boy was he He would not stop at home He could not quiet be -- He took In his Knapsack A Book Full of vowels And a shirt With some towels -- A slight cap For night cap -- A hair brush Combo ditto New Stockings For old ones Would split O! This Knapsack Tight at 's back He rivetted close And followed his Nose To the North To the North And followed his nose To the North. II There was a naughty boy And a naughty boy was he For nothing would he do But scribble poetry -- He took An inkstand In his hand And a Pen Big as ten In the other And away In a Pother He ran To the mountains And fountains And ghostes And Postes And witches And ditches And wrote In his coat When the weather Was cool Fear of gout -- And without When the weather Was warm -- Och the charm When we choose To follow ones nose To the north To the north To follow one's nose To the north! III There was a naughty boy, And a naughty boy was he He kept little fishes In washing tubs three In spite Of the might Of the maid Nor affraid Of his Granny-good -- He often would Hurly burly Get up early And go By hook or crook To the brook And bring home Miller's thumb Tittle bat Not over fat Minnows small As the staff Of a glove Not above The size Of a nice Little Baby's Little fingers - O he made 'Twas his trade Of Fish a pretty Kettle A Kettle - A Kettle Of Fish a pretty Kettle A Kettle! IV There was a naughty Boy And a naughty Boy was he He ran away to Scotland The people for to see -- There he found That the ground Was as hard That a yard Was as long, That a song Was as merry, That a cherry Was as red -- That lead Was as weighty That fourscore Was as eighty That a door Was as wooden As in England -- So he stood in his shoes And he wonder'd He wonder'd He stood in his shoes And he wonder'd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EXTRACTS FROM AN OPERA: 2. DAISY'S SONG by JOHN KEATS ITALY SWEET TOO! by JOHN KEATS LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI by JOHN KEATS LAST SONNET (REVISED VERSION) by JOHN KEATS LINES ON THE MERMAID TAVERN by JOHN KEATS ODE ON A GRECIAN URN by JOHN KEATS |
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