The Keekin'-Glass by Robert Burns
A speaker answers somebody wha ca's them howlet-face by saying the accuser saw their ain picture in the keekin'-glass.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Epigram, Humor · 37 words
First lines
How daur ye ca' me howlet-face, / Ye blear-e'ed, withered spectre? / Ye only spied the keekin'-glass, / An' there ye saw your picture.
Genres
- Epigram — Fower rhyming lines turn an insult back on the body wha gies it, wi the last line delivering the retort.
- Humor — The speaker mocks the accuser's looks and makes their ain reflection the butt o the joke.
Tags
insults · keekin'-glasses · wit
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The Keekin'-Glass is listed on Textopian as a poem by Robert Burns, dated Date unknown.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Genres: Epigram, Humor
- Length: 37 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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