Ogden Nash

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Ogden Nash (1902-1971) was an American poet born in Rye, New York. He was known for his light humorous poetry and use of interesting rhyme scheme. Source

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When people aren't asking questions 

They're making suggestions

 And when they're not doing one of those 

They're either looking over your shoulder or stepping on your toes

And then as if that weren't enough to annoy you 

They employ you.
Anybody at leisure 

Incurs everybody's displeasure.
It seems to be very irking 

To people at work to see other people not working, 

So they tell you that work is wonderful medicine, 

Just look at Firestone and Ford and Edison, 

And they lecture you till they're out of breath or something 

And then if you don't succumb they starve you to death or something.
All of which results in a nasty quirk: 

That if you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough

money so that you won't have to work.

Published:

None

Length:

Regular

Literary Movements:

Postmodernism

Anthology Years:

2023

Themes:

Poems of the Everyday

Literary Devices:

Hyperbole

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Irony

the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect

Metaphor

a comparison between two unrelated things through a shared characteristic