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Edward Lear (12 May 1812 [1] [2] – 29 January 1888) was an English artist, illustrator, musician, author and poet, who is known mostly for his literary nonsense in poetry and prose and especially his limericks, a form he popularised.
In 1871 Edward Lear made fun of it in his nonsense parody "A was once an apple pie", which soon diverged into nursery language and then treated other subjects for the rest of the alphabet. [8] The illustrations in McLoughlin Brothers ' linen-mounted Apple Pie ABC (New York, 1888) appear to be largely dependent on the original work but the ...
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Lear wrote the poem for a three-year-old girl, Janet Symonds, the daughter of Lear's friend and fellow poet John Addington Symonds and his wife Catherine Symonds. The term "runcible", used for the phrase "runcible spoon", was invented for the poem. It is believed that the cat in the poem was based on Lear's own pet cat, Foss. [2]
It is stylised as a poem describing the deaths of 26 children, with the initials of their first names corresponding with each consecutive letter of the alphabet. (For instance, "A is for Amy who fell down the stairs." and "D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh.") The book's instructive quality is in teaching the alphabet using a mnemonic device.
In 1872, Lear began work on "The Scroobious Pip", but it was unfinished by the time of his death. [1] In 1935, the poem, which had not been previously published, was released as a collectors' edition, of which 950 copies were printed. [1] In 1968, the poem was completed by American poet Ogden Nash, who had been asked to finish the work. [1]
Pages in category "Poetry by Edward Lear" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. O.
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