Literary Doctorate
“Oh doctor, doctor
You must help me
I have been afflicted
Most horribly
I keep quoting
William Topaz McGonagall”
The doc replied
“We can’t help you at all”
“Oh doctor why
Can’t you treat me for it”?
He replied
“Because this is the burns unit”
About the Poem
Knowledge of two famous Scottish poets (one brilliant, the other abysmal) collide in a poem which brings together literature and medicine.
Category
Style
Rhyming poem
Length
12 lines
Key Stage
KS2, KS3
Author
Paul Curtis
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