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Everybody loves rhymes that are joyful and free spirited. John Keats is the author of some of the most profound poems that question the essence of beauty and its relation to truth, he is considered to be one of the most reflective of English poets, yet he is also known for his play of words as he brilliantly came up with rhymes for children that are sure to brighten up your day! ‘Naughty Boy: A Song about Myself’ is one of Keats’ poems that truly brings joy to all, it amuses children filling them with laughter yet it is also enjoyed by adults who can admire the light-hearted spirit of the poet. The poem was written whilst John Keats was on a trip to Scotland and he then sent the poem, which cleverly depicts the poet as a naughty boy in a comical way, to his fifteen year old sister. I’m pretty sure reading the poem put an instant smile on his sisters’ face – so, here it is!
Naughty Boy: A Song about Myself
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,
Comb ditto,
New stockings-
For old ones
Would split O!
This knapsack
Tight at 'is back
He rivetted close
And followed his nose
To the North,
To the North,
And followed his nose
To the North.
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 wondered,
He wondered,
He stood in his shoes
And he wondered.
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