as well as himself when addressing this tender subject. He writes as a middle class person that relates to a majority of his easy going audience. You cant help but let out a laugh when reading his poem Reflection on Babies (A bit of talcum, Is always walcum). He stretches the words to fit sometimes misspelling them and capitalizing at will to emphasize and to humor. There are verses here for father, for mother, and verses about children and about various animals domestic, feral, and in between. I should not say that the verses about children are also for children, though I am not sure that the whole book is not addressed to children as much as to beleaguered parents,(David McCord,1). In the poem It Must Be the Milk he compares two unlike thinks, drunks and toddlers. He compares their styles of walking and makes the poem work while looking at a pure and impure subject. Nash also writes about his experiences in general, and seems to be a walker by to many of these poems. In this instance he is a watcher, as he watches human behavior and then comments on how silly we are. He argues that no humorist is totally trustworthy in If Fun is Fun, Isnt That Enough?. He takes a readers view while writing this poem about how many false words are spoken in jest. Nash has a divided persona and may be good, or bad depending on the viewpoint of his writing, and the viewpoint of his readers. He often reveals truths about himself, usually a moral weakness that is charachteristic of human nature in general. I particularly like this aspect as he sounds like he wants change instead of making human nature the scapegoat. Ogden Nash employs the use of humor and light hearted verse to talk about relationships, parenting, and life in general. These subjects are particularly hard to make funny or make people laugh at. He does make them funny by writing frankly, and with a general audience in which he views on a daily basis. The expression of wisd...
