Social Commentaries
A Pig in a Poke
From The Comic Poems of Thomas Hood
Social Commentaries
A Lord bought of late an outlandish estate,
At its Wild Boars to Chevy and dig;
So some people purchase a pig in a poke,
And others, a poke in a pig.
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MLA
Hood, Thomas. “A Pig in a Poke.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/141/.
Chicago
Hood, Thomas. “A Pig in a Poke.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hood/141/.
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