The microbe is so very small
You cannot make him out at all
But many sanguine people hope
To see him through a microscope
His jointed tongue that lies beneath
A hundred curious rows of teeth
His seven tufted tails with lots
Of lovely pink and purple spots
On each of which a pattern stands
Composed of forty separate bands
His eyebrows of a tender green
All these have never yet been seen
But scientists who ought to know
Assure us that they must be so
Oh ! let us never never doubt
The Poet :
Hilaire Belloc(1870-1953)was a British poet.H wrote a large number of satirical poems such as "Henry King".
Content :
This is a humorous and satirical poem."Microbe" means a small bacteeria".It is the tiniest organism.It cannot be seen with the naked eye.it can be seen with the help of a microscope.
"The microbe is so very small
You cannot make him out at all "
Then the post gives a detailed description of its features which is far from reality.
Jointed tongue,hundres curious rows of teeth,pink and purple spots, tender green eyebrows"
When we read the verse containg these features we are made to visualise a dreadful monster.
The poet himself says that all these have never yet benn seen.This is only an imaginary microbe.The words sanguine people" refer to hopeful people or optimistic people.The poet has given the above description in order to satirize the people who blindly believe in scientists and those who speak well on sertain things without any knowledge of them.
Theme :
Satire on scientists
Techniques :
Imagery
Paradox
Rhyme Pattern :
Eight rhyming couplets.
perefect rhyme pattern
Rhyming Words
small-all
hope-scope
beneath-teeth
lots-apots
stands-bands
green-seen
know-so
doubt-about
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