At The Zoo Comments

At the zoo is a very gorgeous poem

This is a children's poem pure and simple. If you really wanna dig, suppose he's alluding to humanity with the smell of the monkey. The vanity of humanity is how we label the world. Eh!

Is this really the way Thackeray wrote the poem? All the lines rhyme perfectly until the last two. We have TRUNK and SMELT. Shouldn't it be TRUNK and STUNK?

The picture of a Zoo is wonderfully depicted in this simple and straight forward poem!

The poem presents an interesting scene from a zoo where the wild animals have been portrayed in their true colours. This is a wonderful treat to a genuine nature lover.