Ebook {Epub PDF} The Duck and the Kangaroo by Edward Lear

Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. "Please give me a ride on your back!" Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. "I would sit quite still, and say nothing but 'Quack', The whole of the long day through! And we'd go to the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee, Over the land, and over the sea; Please take me a ride! O do!" Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. Said the Kangaroo to the Duck. By Edward Lear. I. Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, ‘Good gracious! how you hop! Over the fields and the water too, As if you never would stop! My life is a bore in this nasty pond, And I long to go out in the world beyond! I wish I could hop like you!’.  · ‘The Duck and the Kangaroo’ by Edward Lear is an upbeat and humorous poem that describes the evolving relationship between a duck and a kangaroo. Leer uses several different literary devices in this poem to depict an amusing relationship between two very different www.doorway.rus: 2.

by Edward Lear. Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, 'Good gracious! how you hop! Over the fields and the water too, As if you never would stop! My life is a bore in this nasty pond, And I long to go out in the world beyond! I wish I could hop like you!' Said the duck to the Kangaroo. 'Please give me a ride on your back!' Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, 'Good gracious! how you hop! Over the fields and the water too, As if you never would stop! My life is a bore in this nasty pond, And I long to go out in the world beyond! I wish I could hop like you!' Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. 'Please give me a ride on your back!' Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. As an author, Lear is principally known for his popular nonsense works, rather than as a travel writer. 7. These show a great ability to use with relish the sound of real and invented English words. The poem 'The Duck and the Kangaroo' is a poem with a touch of light humour. 8. The Duck and the Kangaroo [Poem] - Edward Lear 9.

Jane Wattenberg has created a feast for the eyes in her new picture book of Edward Lear's nonsense song The Duck and The Kangaroo. Wattenberg uses eye-popping photo-collage techniques to create a vibrant book, where the images truly match Lear's creative folly. A duck looks out his window and longs for friendship and adventure. Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, 'Good gracious! how you hop! Over the fields and the water too, As if you never would stop! My life is a bore in this nasty pond, And I long to go out in the world beyond! I wish I could hop like you!' Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. 'Please give me a ride on your back!' Said the Duck to the Kangaroo. Said the Duck to the Kangaroo, 'Good gracious! how you hop! Over the fields and the water too, As if you never would stop! My life is a bore in this nasty pond, And I long to go out in the world beyond! I wish I could hop like you!' Said the duck to the Kangaroo. II 'Please give me a ride on your back!' Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.