Narrator’s Point of View
The Octopus
by Ogden Nash
Tell me, O Octopus, I begs
Is those things arms, or is they legs?
I marvel at thee octopus;
If I were thou, I’d call me Us.
Who is the narrator?
How does the narrator’s point of view influence the poem?
How would the poem be different if the narrator was a
marine biologist, a surfer, or the octopus?
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