summary of the poem ' five little brothers'
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Summary of Five Little Brothers
Five Little Brothers by Ella Wheeler Wilcox is an amusing poem. The poetess has used the metaphor ‘five little brothers’ for five little fingers of the toe and ‘old little carriage made of leather’ is metaphor for a shoe.
Once five little brothers began their journey and walked throughout the day. One of them was big (the thumb), three were quite small (the fingers), and one was wee fellow (pinkie).
The carriage (the shoe) was dark and small; it was very tight and the little brothers found it difficult to sit in the carriage. The wee brother was the most uncomfortable. Seeing the plight of his brothers, the big brother suggested they should leave the carriage and run away.
So they came out of the carriage and ran away. When a lady saw the carriage she exclaimed it was her boy’s shoe and the five little brothers were the five fingers of the toe.
Answer:
ive little brothers set out together
To journey the live-long day,
In an odd little carriage, all made of leather,
They hurried away, away—
One big brother and three quite small,
And one wee fellow, no size at all.
The carriage was dark and none too roomy,
And they could not move about;
The five little brothers grew very gloomy,
And the wee one began to pout;
Till the biggest one whispered: “What do you say?
Let's leave the carriage and run away.”
So out they scampered, the five together,
And off and away they sped.
When somebody found the carriage of leather,
Oh, my! how she shook her head!
'Twas her little boy's shoe, as everyone knows,
And the five little brothers were five little toes!