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FOLKS AT LONESOMEVILLE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: PORE-FOLKS LIVES AT LONESOMEVILLE
Last Line: GOES TO LONESOMEVILLE!
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; POVERTY; SANTA CLAUS; WINTER; NATIVITY, THE; NICHOLAS, SAINT;

PORE-FOLKS lives at Lonesomeville --
Lawzy! but they're pore
Houses with no winders in,
And hardly any door:
Chimbly all tore down, and no
Smoke in that at all --
Ist a stovepipe through a hole
In the kitchen wall!

Pump 'at's got no handle on;
And no wood-shed -- And, @3wooh!@1 --
Mighty cold there, choppin' wood,
Like pore-folks has to do! --
Winter-time, and snow and sleet
Ist fairly fit to kill! --
Hope to goodness @3Santy Claus@1
Goes to Lonesomeville!



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