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A Nash Menagerie



Tell me, O Octopuse, I begs, Is those things arms, or is they legs? I marvel at thee, Octopus; If I were thou, I'd call me Us.
 * __The Octopuse__**

The panther is like a leopard, Except it hasn't been peppered. Should you behold a panther crouch, Prepare to say Ouch. Better yet, if called by a panther, Don't anther.
 * __The Panther[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/Black_puma.jpg/220px-Black_puma.jpg width="233" height="147" align="right" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black_puma.jpg"]]__**

Behold the duck It does not cluck. A cluck it lacks. It quacks. It is especially fond Of a puddle or pond. When it dines or sups, It bottoms up.
 * __The Duck__**

Consider the auk; Becoming extinct because he forgot how to fly, and could only walk. Consider man, who may well become extinct Because he forgot how to walk and learned how to fly before he thinked.
 * __A Caution to Everyone__**

Interpretation- I think the first poem is about how many apendages an octopuse has because it states "arm, or they legs". The second poem is probably how you should not hunt panthers. The third poem is about how ducks quack. The forth is about how humans could be exterminated from Earth.

Figuritive Language: I found a simile on the Panther- "The panther is like a leopard."

My poem is a hiaku poem because it talks about nature.

The mood is both funny and meaningful.

I chose this poem because it goes with animals & I like animals.

I chose the pictures of a duck, a panther, an octopuse, and an auk because the poems are about those animals.

The author of all these poems is Ogden Nash. He was born in 1902, and died in 1971. His poems were loved for generations. At first he worked and taught in advertising. He intentionally used inproper grammar.