About the Poem

'Little Miss' is a parody of the English nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet. You'll recognise that the poem is based on the original nursery rhyme, but some things have changed - a MacDonald's instead of curds and whey and a spider that, rather strangely, can speak.

Category

Animal Poems

Style

Nursery rhyme parody

Length

4 lines

Key Stage

Pre-school, KS1, KS2

Author

Patrick Winstanley