Famous Dilly Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Dilly poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous dilly poems. These examples illustrate what a famous dilly poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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Goose, Mother
...Daffy-down-dilly has come to townIn a yellow petticoat and a green gown....Read more of this...
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Butler, Ellis Parker
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Agreeing that their first great measure
Should be to shorten the word though.
But G. Adolfus Nit was lazy;
He dilly-dallied every day;
His life was dreamy, slow and hazy,
And indolent in every way.
On Monday morn at nine precisely
The six reformers (Nit not there)
Prepared to simplify though nicely,
And each was eager for his share.
Smith bit the h off short and ate it;
Griggs from the thoug chewed off the g;
Brown snapped off u to masticate it,
And tho al...Read more of this...
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