Project Gutenberg 2004-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 366 Parton, James 1822 1891 The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe Rose Koven, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe" by James Parton is a collection of humorous poetry that spans from the 14th century to the 19th century. This anthology showcases a wide range of comic forms, including narratives, satires, burlesques, and epigrams from significant poets and satirists throughout English literature. The volume aims to present the best shorter humorous poems accessible to modern readers, allowing them to enjoy the wit and irony of the English literary tradition. The opening of the anthology includes a preface outlining the editor's intentions, emphasizing the lack of obscenity and the choice of works that remain relatable to contemporary audiences. Parton notes that despite the richness of humor in conversational forms, the actual quantity of effective humorous poetry is limited. The initial selection features poems from notable figures, including Chaucer, Burns, and Byron, focusing on playful themes that range from the comic trials of everyday life to light-hearted reflections on love and nature. The early works exhibit a delightful variety of comedic devices and approaches that engage the reader with laughter, setting the tone for a journey through the amusing intricacies of English poetry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en American wit and humor English poetry American poetry English wit and humor Humorous poetry, English Humorous poetry, American PR Text Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 1268271 2025-06-03T09:09:58.764386 text/html 1268092 2025-01-09T23:56:13.474951 text/html 593880 2025-06-03T09:11:51.381283 application/epub+zip 599606 2025-06-03T09:10:46.568096 application/epub+zip 566039 2025-06-03T09:10:23.334220 application/epub+zip 1202070 2025-06-03T09:12:05.658284 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1027018 2025-06-03T09:11:07.510008 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 986476 2022-09-03T12:51:31.905072 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1016415 2025-06-03T09:09:57.458345 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1011289 2020-12-29T22:40:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 433193 2020-12-29T22:40:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18792 2025-06-03T09:12:05.882202 application/rdf+xml 23968 2025-06-03T09:10:23.930243 image/jpeg 4609 2025-06-03T09:10:23.634221 image/jpeg 563861 2025-06-03T09:09:58.864357 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia