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A Nonsense Anthology
Carolyn Wells
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And why the eye-star mocks me,
Why the wild wind beats down my heart-lifts;
Why I am stricken here in the moonshade solitudes.
Oh! why am I what I am,
And why am I anything?
Am I not as wild as the wind and more crazy?
Why do I sit in the moonshade, while the eye-star mocks me while I
ask what I am?
Why? Why?
Anonymous.
LINES BY A MEDIUM I might not, if I could;
I should not, if I might;
Yet if I should I would,
And, shoulding, I should quite!
I must not, yet I may;
I can, and still I must;
But ah! I cannot—nay,
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Community Reviews
Good.
Rhymes and nonsense songs can be used effectively to help foreign language students learn english pronunciation/rhythm/cadence. This little volume has given me some ideas for use in my ESOL class.
Like any anthology, some poems are better than others. But if you like humorous poetry, this is a good choice.
The introduction talks about how there are different qualities of nonsense literature, and not all of it is to everyone's taste. I think the idea was that this was supposed to be all examples of what (at least to the editor) would be considered good quality nonsense. For me it was mostly a set up fo
his anthology, coming out early in the twentieth century, confirms the stature of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear as the best in the genre. Their works shine in an otherwise mixed bag of verse. The book is entertaining, and it may lead readers to other writers of nonsense. If you like nonsense verse,