Living
A city plum is not a plum
From Sing-Song (1872/1893)
Living
A city plum is not a plum;
A dumb-bell is no bell, though dumb
A party rat is not a rat;
A sailor’s cat is not a cat;
A soldier’s frog is not a frog;
A captain’s log is not a log.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “A city plum is not a plum.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/15/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “A city plum is not a plum.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/15/.
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