The Poppy
by Jane Taylor
‘The Poppy’ by Jane Taylor describes a single, vain poppy flower boldly growing in the sunlight of a field and the speaker’s distaste for it’s display.
Jane Taylor was an English poet who also worked as a novelist and was part of the Romanticism movement. She is best known for composing the words to “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Her collection, Original Poems for Infant Minds by several young persons, was incredibly popular.
‘The Poppy’ by Jane Taylor describes a single, vain poppy flower boldly growing in the sunlight of a field and the speaker’s distaste for it’s display.
Twinkle twinkle little star.
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high.
Like a diamond in the sky.