Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LITTLE FAT DOCTOR, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He seemed so strange to me, every Last Line: "as the little fat doctor does!" Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Memory; Physicians; Youth; Doctors | ||||||||
HE seemed so strange to me, every way -- In manner, and form, and size, From the boy I knew but yesterday, -- I could hardly believe my eyes! To hear his name called over there, My memory thrilled with glee And leaped to picture him young and fair In youth, as he used to be. But looking, only as glad eyes can, For the boy I knew of yore, I smiled on a portly little man I had never seen before! -- Grave as a judge in courtliness -- Professor-like and bland -- A little fat doctor and nothing less, With his hat in his kimboed hand. But how we talked old times, and "chaffed" Each other with "Minnie," and "Jim" -- And how the little fat doctor laughed, And how I laughed with him! "And it's pleasant," I thought, "though I yearn to see The face of the youth that was, To know no boy could smile on me As the little fat doctor does!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DOCTOR WHO SITS AT THE BEDSIDE OF A RAT by JOSEPHINE MILES EL CURANDERO (THE HEALER) by RAFAEL CAMPO HER FINAL SHOW by RAFAEL CAMPO SONG FOR MY LOVER: 13. TOWARDS CURING AIDS by RAFAEL CAMPO WHAT THE BODY TOLD by RAFAEL CAMPO MEDICINE 2; FOR JOHN MURRAY by CAROLYN KIZER THE NERVE DOCTORS by THOMAS LUX DOMESDAY BOOK: DR. BURKE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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