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The Table and The chair, is a funny verse poem by Edward Lear about the friendship

between the Table and the Chair. The poet uses clear language and diction in order to tell

a fun, image-rich story about two inanimate objects’ discovery of their own abilities. The

Table and the Chair are taking a chance and trying something new.

Walking, allowed them to reinvent a new aspect of their characters. This poem showed

how to experience something they never thought they could.

The poem is a fairly straightforward depiction of the Table’s desire to go outside, the

Chair’s resistance, and then their discovery of their ability to walk. The two “toddle” on

two of their four legs outside to “take the air”. Everyone celebrates this and the poem is

quite light-hearted until the two get lost. This is quickly remedied by three small

creatures who direct them back home.