Social Commentaries
On the Death of the Giraffe
From The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood
Social Commentaries
They say, God wot!
She died upon the spot:
But then in spots she was so rich,--
I wonder which?
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MLA
Hood, Thomas. “On the Death of the Giraffe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/133/.
Chicago
Hood, Thomas. “On the Death of the Giraffe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/133/.
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