The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb
by Mervyn Peake
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This fills an important gap in the canon of Peake's works in print. Although written after the Second World War, The poem uses it for its theme. While its central characters, The sailor And The child are symbolic, this was not consciously planned. PeTags
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- Canonical title
- The Rhyme of the Flying Bomb
- Original publication date
- 1945 (written) (written); 1962 (published) (published)
- Important places
- London, England, UK; England, UK
- Important events
- The Blitz; London Blitz; World War II (1939 | 1945)
- First words
- A babe was born in the reign of George
To a singular birth-bed song,
Its boisterous tune was off the beat
And all of its words were wrong;
But a singular song it was, for the house
As it rattled its ribs an... (show all)d danced,
Had a chorus of doors that slammed their jaws
And a chorus of chairs that pranced. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And the morning light shone clear and bright
On a city as gold as grain,
While the babe that was born in the reign of George
Laay coiled in the womb again. - Original language
- English
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 821.912
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