Blynken

Wynken, Blynken and Nod is a famous lullaby written by American poet Eugene Field. It was first published on March 9, 1889. The original version is a Dutch Lullaby. It is found that this poem is distinctive as it contains a comprehensible story whereas most of lullabies do not have this feature. Moreover, its poetic devices and journey motif are remarkable. For instance, diction is used in the poetry as we can see in the title ‘Wynken, Blynken and Nod’ to suggest the audience what the poetry is about

like in the future or on another planet. If this were to be the situation of the future and books were to be burned, the book I would choose to become is Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene W. Field. The book is a children’s bedtime story that offers vivid imagery that goes along with his very characteristic style of writing. Wyken, Blynken, and Nod is a children’s bedtime story that was read to me almost every night when I was a child. Field originally wrote this short story as a poem, but people