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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHICK-A-ROOSTER, by HENRY CROCKER First Line: Oho! Little rooster! Last Line: Have learned how to crow. Subject(s): Roosters; Cocks | |||
Oho! Little Rooster! What, trying to crow? Is that what you mean By that noise? Oho! Why, that was a cross 'Twixt a croak and a groan. If I had not been looking, I should not have known What it was that was making That curious sound, That seemed to be coming Right out of the ground. I wish you could see How funny you look, With your mouth so wide open, Your neck in a crook, And you straining so hard To make that hoarse note, That squeaked so, and stuck Like the croup in your throat. I cannot help laughing; But try it again,— If you don't ever crow, Folks will think you're a hen. 'T is by trying, and trying, And trying, you know, That all the old roosters Have learned how to crow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A COCK AT ROCHESTER by CHARLES SEDLEY THE HEATH-COCK by JOANNA BAILLIE TWO VIEWS OF IT by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH THE COCK by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER ROOSTER; TO PAT RYAN by JAMES HARRISON THE COCK AND THE FOX by JEAN DE LA FONTAINE UNCLE JOHN FIDDLER by PERCY MACKAYE THE OLD, OLD SONGS by HENRY CROCKER TO MY GRANDMOTHER; SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE BY MR. ROMNEY by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON |
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