Poem Study: Eletelephony

Let’s read a poem and study it together!

Not sure how to study a poem? Here are some ideas! Choose one or all of these:

1. Read aloud and enjoy the poem
2. Neatly write out your favorite stanza for handwriting practice or…
3. Copy and paste the poem into your word processor and print it out
4. Draw a picture about the poem

5. Circle or color-code the words that rhyme!

6. Read more about the author’s life
7. Share with someone you love <3

Eletelephony

Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephant—
No! No! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone—
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I’ve got it right.)
Howe’er it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee—
(I fear I’d better drop the song
Of elephop and telephong!)

~Laura Elizabeth Richards

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