Lulu Gubrious by Hugh Lofting
Auntie Macassar remarks to Miss Lulu Gubrious that the weather is salubrious. Lulu disagrees, calling it monotonous, and worries that the rain might have forgotten them.
By Hugh Lofting · Genre: Poetry, Children's Literature, Humor · 56 words
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Said Auntie Macassar to Miss Lulu Gubrious / "Isn't the weather just simply salubrious? " / "Why, no," answered Lulu, "I think it's monotonous. / "Just think if the rain should have gone and forgotten us! "
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Hugh Lofting
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Children's Literature, Humor, Light Verse, Nonsense Literature
- Length: 56 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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Genres
- Poetry — The work is structured as verse with rhyming couplets and rhythmic meter characteristic of poetic composition.
- Children's Literature — The whimsical tone, playful character names, and imaginative treatment of everyday topics reflect Hugh Lofting's established children's literature background.
- Humor — The piece employs wordplay, absurdist character nomenclature ('Auntie Macassar,' 'Miss Lulu Gubrious'), and ironic dialogue that generate comedic effect.
- Light Verse — Trivial subject matter presented with playful meter and rhyme demonstrates the conventions of light verse and comic poetry traditions.
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dialogue · verse · light verse · rhyming · children's poetry · humorous · whimsical · playful · witty · weather · family relationships · bickering