A Description of a City Shower by Jonathan Swift | Poetry Foundation
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Drowned puppies, stinking sprats, all drenched in mud,. Dead cats, and turnip tops, come tumbling down the flood.
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Headnote The poem was first published in the Tatler, no. 238 (17 Oct. 1710) and was reprinted in Pope and Swift's Miscellanies in Prose and Verse (1711), ...
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Irish satirist, essayist, and poet. As a satirist, Swift pointed out the flaws in people and societies through humor.
Sep 5, 2023 · Johnathan Swift's "A Description of a City Shower" is a satire on the physical and moral condition of Swift's contemporary London.
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