Question

The Jumblies summary

Answer 1

AnswerSeveral of Lear's later poems tell stories about fictional creatures. The Jumblies have green heads and blue hands. The speaker repeats several lines as a refrain such as "they went to sea in a Sieve, they did, / In a Sieve they went to sea." The Jumblies ignore warnings that they will drown and decide to sail in their sieve anyway. They are happy singing together as they sail, even as water starts coming in. The Jumblies travel the world and buy a variety of items and animals such as rice, cheese, a cranberry tart, a pig, and a monkey. The Jumblies are celebrated after doing all of this for "twenty years or more."