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JARGON-JINGLE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: TAWDERY! - FADDERY! FEATHERS
Last Line: HEAVEN FOR NOTHIN', AND -- NOBODY THERE!
Subject(s): HEAVEN; HUMANITY; PARADISE;

TAWDERY! -- faddery! Feathers and fuss!
Mummery! -- flummery! Wusser and wuss!
All o' Humanity -- Vanity Fair! --
Heaven for nothin', and -- nobody there!



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