About the Poem

A short poem which is over simplistic in its comparison of the characteristics of the rhinoceros and hippopotamus.

Category

Animal Poems

Style

Short rhyming poem

Length

4 lines

Key Stage

Pre-school, KS1, KS2

Author

Patrick Winstanley

Hippopotamus

Some think the
Noble hippopotamus
A somewhat
Pointless rhinoceros.

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