“A simple traditional song or poem for children” (Oxford Dictionaries)
The Difficulty of Defining Nursery Rhymes
Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon
Nursery Rhymes and (cynical) jokes
– rebellion against authority
- releasing taboos in polite society
Children Award of the National Council of Teachers of English
In 2008 - the Poetry Foundation named her the Children's Poet Laureate.
(The poet laureate is the official poet of a country)
She has taught writing and literature from the elementary through the college level and published over 30children's book.
Characteristics of Hoberman’s Poetry
Sounds and rhythmsChildren's everyday l
s hair soiled is hardly consolation for having it shaved off! In line 24 the boy's words are an expression of a childlike trust that the poet, with more experience of the world, knows to be unfounded: the poem, in fact, is a protest against the harm that society causes itschildren by exploiting them for labor of this kind. In each case the dramatic irony arises from the poet's knowing more or se
s hair soiled is hardly consolation for having it shaved off! In line 24 the boy's words are an expression of a childlike trust that the poet, with more experience of the world, knows to be unfounded: the poem, in fact, is a protest against the harm that society causes itschildren by exploiting them for labor of this kind. In each case the dramatic irony arises from the poet's knowing more or se