About the Poem

In centuries past, choir boys were castrated to prevent their voices from breaking. As good an argument as any for being bad at singing.

Category

Very Rude Poems

Rating

Very rude

Style

Rhyming poem

Length

7 lines

Key Stage

KS3

Author

Patrick Winstanley

Broken Promise

A chorister
A breaking voice
A choirmaster
A painful choice
Either alteration
To the orchestration
Or castration

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