My Featured Poem

My Featured poem

The Rum Tum Tugger by T. S. Eliot

The Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat:
If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse.
If you put him in a house he would much prefer a flat,
If you put him in a flat then he'd rather have a house.
If you set him on a mouse then he only wants a rat,
If you set him on a rat then he'd rather chase a mouse.
Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat--
   And there isn't any call for me to shout it:
          For he will do
As he do do
   And there's no doing anything about it!

The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore:
When you let him in, then he wants to be out;
He's always on the wrong side of every door,
And as soon as he's at home, then he'd like to get about.
He likes to lie in the bureau drawer,
But he makes such a fuss if he can't get out.

Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat--
   And there isn't any use for you to doubt it:
          For he will do
As he do do
   And there's no doing anything about it!

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast:
His disobliging ways are a matter of habit.
If you offer him fish then he always wants a feast;
When there isn't any fish then he won't eat rabbit.
If you offer him cream then he sniffs and sneers,
For he only likes what he finds for himself;

So you'll catch him in it right up to the ears,
If you put it away on the larder shelf.
The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing,
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle;
But he'll leap on your lap in the middle of your sewing,
For there's nothing he enjoys like a horrible muddle.
Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat--
   And there isn't any need for me to spout it:
          For he will do
As he do do
   And there’s no doing anything about it!

I. About the Poem

"The Rum Tum Tugger” is one of the many feline characters in the poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, published in 1939, and in the musical Cats, which premiered in 1981 and is based on Eliot's book.

Works Cited （参考文献）

"Rum Tum Tugger" Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Thur. 18 Oct. 2016. 
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Tum_Tugger>

II. About the Author

Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 1888 ~ 4 January 1965) is a British Poet, Dramaturge and literacy critic. His masterpiece is "The Waste Land", "Murder in the Cathedral" and "Poetry and Drama" etc.

In 1939, He wrote "Cats". It is the original of "Cats" in musical.

Works Cited （参考文献）

"T. S. Eliot" Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Thur. 18 Oct. 2016. 
<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/T・S・エリオット>

IV. My Reaction

A. Reaction Point - Theme

• 定義 Theme is the central idea of a work of literature. The theme of this poem is the difficult personality of the main character.
• 例   Anything you give to him, he wants something different. If you give him a mouse, he wants some different food, or if you let him inside, he wants to be outside.
• 略 Rum Tum Tugger is a perverse disposition. but I think Rum Tum Tugger is a attractive cat.

            
B. Reaction Point - Character

• 定義  The character is a fictional personality created by an author. The character of this poem is "Rum Tum Tugger"
• 例  There is "The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat" at the biggining. It is a this poem of main character.
• 略 Rum Tum Tugger is odd cat. I think he is pretty cat.

C. Reaction Point - symbolism

• 定義 .Symbolism is when something represents more then itself
• 例 "The Rum Tum Tugger is curious cat" , "The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore" etc...These phrase is often used.
• 略 These phrase is used many times. It is impressive, and this phrase is interesting !

D. My General Opinion
"The RumTum Tugger" is very interesting poem.
He has a perverse heart but it is an attractive point.
and I think Rum Tum Tugger is very attractive cat!!

I want to watch "CATS" in musical !!