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Eletelephony

Laura Elizabeth Richards 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts) – 1943 (Gardiner, Maine)

Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephant—
No! No! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone—
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I've got it right.)
Howe'er it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee—
(I fear I'd better drop the song
Of elephop and telephong!)

About this poem

Written in 1930, Eletelephony is arguably the best known of Laura Elizabeth Richards' poems.

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Written on 1930

Submitted by Greying_Geezer on December 13, 2021

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABBCCDDEFGD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 378
Words 77
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
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Laura Elizabeth Richards

Laura Elizabeth Howe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 27, 1850. Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. Her mother Julia Ward Howe wrote the words to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". She was named after her father's famous deaf-blind pupil Laura Bridgman. In 1871, Laura married Henry Richards. In 1876 the couple moved with their three children to Gardiner, Maine. In 1917 Laura won a Pulitzer Prize for Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, a biography, which she co-authored with her sisters, Maud Howe Elliott and Florence Hall. She died on January 14, 1943 at Gardiner, Maine, 44 days before her 93rd birthday. (Wikipedia) more…

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