Elegy on the Porpoise
His Late Keeper
Genre: | Poetry |
Subjects: | Zoology, Zoological Gardens, Death |
Describes the death of the porpoise exhibited at the Zoological Society Gardens, a death caused by freezing and the fact that 'They didn't enclose him / A deep enough place in'. | |
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