http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30656.opds 2024-11-12T22:32:16Z The Purple Cow! by Gelett Burgess Free eBooks since 1971. Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org webmaster@gutenberg.org https://www.gutenberg.org/gutenberg/favicon.ico 25 1 2024-11-12T22:32:16Z The Purple Cow!

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Title: The Purple Cow!

Note: Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.

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Summary: "The Purple Cow!" by Gelett Burgess is a whimsical poem that first gained popularity in the late 19th century, specifically during the 1890s. As a light-hearted work of children's literature, it embodies an imaginative and playful spirit. The poem humorously expresses the narrator's fanciful musings about a mythical purple cow, reflecting themes of uniqueness and the absurd. In this playful piece, the narrator shares their bemusement over the idea of a purple cow and expresses a desire to see such a creature. The poem concludes with a catchy twist, indicating a preference for witnessing a purple cow rather than becoming one themselves. Through its charming simplicity and catchy rhyme, "The Purple Cow!" captures the imagination of readers, inviting them to embrace the joy of whimsical thinking and the beauty of the fantastical over the mundane. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951

EBook No.: 30656

Published: Dec 12, 2009

Downloads: 54

Language: English

Subject: Nonsense verses

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:30656:2 2009-12-12T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Burgess, Gelett en 1
2024-11-12T22:32:16Z The Purple Cow!

This edition has images.

Title: The Purple Cow!

Note: Reading ease score: 80.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Credits: Produced by David Edwards, Anne Storer, and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net (This
file was produced from images generously made available
by The Internet Archive)

Summary: "The Purple Cow!" by Gelett Burgess is a whimsical poem that first gained popularity in the late 19th century, specifically during the 1890s. As a light-hearted work of children's literature, it embodies an imaginative and playful spirit. The poem humorously expresses the narrator's fanciful musings about a mythical purple cow, reflecting themes of uniqueness and the absurd. In this playful piece, the narrator shares their bemusement over the idea of a purple cow and expresses a desire to see such a creature. The poem concludes with a catchy twist, indicating a preference for witnessing a purple cow rather than becoming one themselves. Through its charming simplicity and catchy rhyme, "The Purple Cow!" captures the imagination of readers, inviting them to embrace the joy of whimsical thinking and the beauty of the fantastical over the mundane. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Burgess, Gelett, 1866-1951

EBook No.: 30656

Published: Dec 12, 2009

Downloads: 54

Language: English

Subject: Nonsense verses

LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:30656:3 2009-12-12T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Burgess, Gelett en 1