Good Monday Morning from History Education Hawaii!
The following poem, Metrical Grammar, was published in the May 25, 1850 edition of The Polynesian, a Honolulu-based newspaper. For our history and writing teachers we hope this brings a smile. Of course, please feel free to share this with your students. Best wishes for a great week ahead!
Three little words we often see
Are articles a, an, and the.
A Noun is the name of anything,
As school, or garden, hoop, or swing.
Adjectives tell the kind of Noun,
As great, small, pretty, white, brown.
Instead of Nouns, the Pronouns stand-
John's head, his face, my arm, your hand,
Verbs tell of something being done-
To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run.
How things are done the adverbs tell-
As slowly, quickly, ill, or well.
Conjunctions join the words together,
As men and children, wind or weather.
The Preposition stands before
A Noun-as in or through a door.
The Interjection shows surprise,
As Oh! How pretty, Ah! How wise.
The whole are called nine parts of Speech,
Which Reading, Writing, Speaking, teach.
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