Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOW TO CHOOSE A HORSE, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "one white foot, try him" Last Line: Take off his hide and feed him to the crows Subject(s): Animals;horses;mnemonics | ||||||||
One white foot, try him; Two white feet, buy him; Three white feet, put him in the dray; Four white feet, give him away; Four white feet, and a white nose, Take off his hide and feed him to the crows. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPISTLE TO MR. MURRAY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON STANZAS TO A LADY, WITH THE POEMS OF CAMOENS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON METRICAL FEET by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE HOMERIC HEXAMETER [DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED] by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE, DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE LESSER EPISTLES: TO A YOUNG LADY WITH SOME LAMPREYS by JOHN GAY A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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