Poetics For Tramps -

Includes Maitland Ward, Gabbie Carter, Mona Wales, and Lulu Chu. 📖 Literary Context: The "Poetics" of the Tramp

"My object in living is to unite / My avocation and my vocation / As my two eyes make one in sight" . 🚂 Folk & Oral Tradition: "Hobo Poetry" Poetics for Tramps

A widespread oral poem often called "The Poetics for Tramps" (or "Ladies and Gentlemen, Hobos and Tramps") has existed in various versions since the early 20th century. Includes Maitland Ward, Gabbie Carter, Mona Wales, and

"Ladies and gentlemen, hobos and tramps... One fine day in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight" . "Ladies and gentlemen, hobos and tramps

It uses a series of high-concept short stories rather than a single linear plot. Key Segments:

It is a "nonsense rhyme" using oxymorons and paradoxes.