Monday, November 22, 2004

A Grammar Rhyme

I came across this cute rhyme in a book called "The Children's Hour: Old Fashioned Stories".

A Grammar Rhyme
by David B. Tower and Benjamin F. Tweed

A noun's the name of anything;
As, school or garden, hoop or swing.

Adjectives tell the kind of noun;
As, great, small, pretty, white, or brown.
Three of these words we often see,
Called articles - a, an, and the.

Instead of nouns the pronouns stand;
John's head, his face, my arm, your hand.

Verbs tell of something being done;
As read, write, spell, sing, jump, or run.

How things are done the adverbs tell;
As, slowly, quickly, ill, or well.
They also tell us where and when;
As here, and there, and now, and then.

A preposition stands before
A noun; as in, or through, a door.

Conjunctions sentences unite;
As kittens scratch and puppies bite.

The interjection shows surprise;
As, O, how pretty! Ah, how wise!

3 Comments:

Blogger Student of History said...

This is a delightful poem! I know you are a great fan of poetry - have you read any of Edgar A. Guest's poems? I quoted one of them on my blog you might like. Also, you might really enjoy Sir Orfeo, translated by J.R.R. Tolkien. A lovely medieval lay in metered poetry.

I enjoy your blog and only wish you posted more often.

Warmly,

Student of History

December 6, 2004 10:06 PM  
Blogger Karen said...

I have Sir Orfeo in a book that also contains Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Pearl. I haven't read it yet. It's actually in the pile by my bed. Maybe I'll bump it up.

Which is your blog? Could you post a link?
Thanks,
Karen

December 8, 2004 7:39 PM  
Blogger Student of History said...

I sure can. :) I actually linked it in my name on the above post at the top, but will also do so here: http://myblogcalledunderthesky.blogspot.com/

I have to say that Sir Gawain was harder to get through as it was not in meter and the words were certainly not modern. :+) I loved that they were not, but it was more intense whereas Sir Orfeo almost slipped off my lips. It was fun to read.

Warmly,
SofH

December 9, 2004 2:17 AM  

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