Raise the funny factor of this poem by reading it to your kids in a silly voice. This short quatrain was a hit in 1895, when Gelett Burgess first published his now-famous poem for kids.

It’s a moving poem to share with children, and a bit meatier than some ... She is known for intensely emotional poems—we’re going way beyond funny roses-are-red poems here.

but it’s also one of his most beautiful and iconic love poems. Want to express deep affection? Forget those funny roses-are-red poems and start with one of the English language’s literary giants.