Heines Widow or Daughter?
Read 'Heines Widow or Daughter?' by 'Eugene Field' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.
Heines Widow or Daughter? by Eugene Field
Shall I woo the one or other?
Both attract me--more's the pity!
Pretty is the widowed mother,
And the daughter, too, is pretty.
When I see that maiden shrinking,
By the gods I swear I'll get 'er!
But anon I fall to thinking
That the mother 'll suit me better!
So, like any idiot ass
Hungry for the fragrant fodder,
Placed between two bales of grass,
Lo, I doubt, delay, and dodder!
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