I went into a house, and it wasn't a house,
It has big steps and a great big hall;
But it hasn't got a garden,
A garden,
A garden,
It isn't like a house at all.
I went into a house, and it wasn't a house,
It has a big garden and great high wall;
But it hasn't got a may-tree,
A may-tree,
A may-tree,
It isn't like a house at all.
I went into a house, and it wasn't a house -
Slow white petals from the may-tree fall;
But it hasn't got a blackbird,
A blackbird,
A blackbird,
It isn't like a house at all.
I went into a house, and I thought it was a house,
I could hear from the may-tree the blackbird call…
But nobody listened to it,
Nobody
Liked it,
Nobody wanted it at all.
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Sometimes all we get from a poem is more things to puzzle over.
Charley Noble -
The Wrong House
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I am interested to know what the significance of the May Tree is in the poem. As the traditional mythic tree with its dual sexual significance of abandonment and fertility - it interests me that this is the tree Milne chose to focus on in the poem. -
Fun and upbeat, this is the first lyric poetry I've decided to read and if they're all like this I'd be darned if I don't read em all!
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