Good Morning Cornucopia by Hugh Lofting
Two personified figures, Cornucopia and Symposium, exchange a morning greeting in verse. Symposium remarks that Cornucopia's face looks even soapier than when they met walking the day before. Cornucopia replies that this is true, explaining that its complexion had grown so rosy ("rosium") that it covered the face with lather and left it there to stay.
By Hugh Lofting · First published 1924 · Genre: Poetry, Nonsense Literature, Children's Literature · 54 words
First lines
Good morning Cornucopia! / Your face looks even soapier / Than when I met you walking yesterday.
I know it, dear Symposium, / My complexion got so rosium / I covered it with lather and I left it there to stay.
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Good Morning Cornucopia is listed on Textopian as a poem by Hugh Lofting, dated 1924 CE.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Hugh Lofting
- Date: 1924 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Nonsense Literature, Children's Literature, Humorous Literature, Light Verse
- Length: 54 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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Genres
- Poetry — The work is structured in verse form with regular rhyme schemes (soapier/rosium, yesterday/Symposium) and rhythmic meter, making it fundamentally a poem.
- Nonsense Literature — The piece exemplifies absurdist humor through illogical elements, invented personified character names (Cornucopia, Symposium), and surreal imagery focusing on comically soapy complexions.
- Children's Literature — Given Lofting's authorship of the Doctor Dolittle series and the work's whimsical, playful tone with invented characters and humorous situations appropriate for young readers.
- Humorous Literature — The primary intent and effect of the work is comedic, using wordplay, absurd situations, and playful language for entertainment.
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humorous poem · comic verse · rhyming verse · dialogue poem · light poetry · friendship · appearance · grooming · soap · complexion · playful tone · witty