Eletelephony Poem by Laura Elizabeth Richards

Eletelephony

Rating: 3.1


Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephant-
No! no! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone-
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I've got it right.)
Howe'er it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee-
(I fear I'd better drop the song
Of elephop and telephong!)

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kim Barney 06 February 2016

I remember reading this poem in junior high school. If was funny back then.

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M Asim Nehal 06 February 2016

Nice humorous poem.

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Riche 16 November 2019

My 3rd grade teacher challenged us to memorize the poem, and if we did, we would get a cut-out of an elephant pinned onto our shirts.

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Alivia 28 February 2018

I'm doing a poetry compotion on it

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Mannika S Raghav 07 February 2016

my god I got confused!

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Susan Williams 06 February 2016

An amusing little trifle. It would be good to read to children and get them to play with words and sounds and humor.

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Edward Kofi Louis 06 February 2016

elephone! With the muse of your imaginations. Thanks for sharing.

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