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"Yesterday I hittapotamus"

must be one of the best lines in poetry

it is about a cunning husband but still appreciate his wife. he hopes that his wife will forgive him.

why stevie smith uses the word 'hittapotamus' not hippopotamus.........and please give me some ideas on symbolism used in this poem

yesterday i hit a pottamus? whatver that is that he hit?;-) maybe. The metaphores are so inspiring: the jungle, graan and beautiful on the outside and grey inside, only gets light when something dies. isn't that just another description of life? like.. idealised, 'green', beautiful lucky life, but just that it is not like that, all the bad feelings and stuff are repressed inside, just when we let go of one of these monsters( and it is not easy)- then we get some light the way we see things. errrmm.. does that make sense?