...his fancy's queen. [Exeunt all, except Feste FESTE [Sings] When that I was and a little tiny boy Widi hey, ho, the wind and the rain, A foolish thing was...came to man's estate, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, MALVOLIO OLIVIA DUKE Feste's song describes the rather sad life of actors, jesters and human...

...implications of the words themselves (although a prose translation would find them of little meaning): When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day. Rhythm, as one aspect of the medium of poetry, can be imitative, in the most precise and revealing...

...punctuate stanzas internally. The song that ends Shakespeare's Twelfth Night rotates two refrain lines: When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...estate, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. Other linking devices between...

...church music is still popular. Feste sings this song of resignation at the end of the play. When that 1 was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho, the wind...a toy, For the rain it raineth every day. But when 1 came to man's estate, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their...

...another scene he asks them to play a simple folk tune (2.4) so the music will calm his agitated heart. When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day. Songs are often sung around the table in Shakespeare's plays: in the second half of Henry IV (5.3),...

...ought to say.... And take upon us the mystery of things, as if we were God's spies. (Music #23: Hey Ho) WHEN THAT I WAS AND A LITTLE TINY BOY WITH HEY HO,...FOOLISH THING WAS BUT A TOY, FOR THE RAIN IT RAINETH EVER DAY. PIANIST. BUT WHEN I CAME TO MAN'S ESTATE WITH HEY HO, THE WIND AND THE RAIN, 'GAINST KNAVES...

...either of those great poets that gets under your skin like Feste's song at the end of Twelfth Night When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day. Never forget that SILLY once meant BLESSED. Nor that the first Christians were proud to be miscalled...

...deliberately overstated, designed to make us aware of how much sunshine and delight there is in our lives. When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...estate, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate, For the rain it raineth every day. But when I came, at last,...

...habits you are seen, Orsino's mistress and his fancy's queen. [Exeunt all, except CLOWN.] CLOWN [Sings.] When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...thing was but a toy, For the rain it raineth every day . . . 10 20 Responding to the questions below will help you to see how you could relate this passage...

...married). He storms out leaving the Clown to sing the last words of the play. ^ % 26 • The Clown's song When that I was and a little tiny boy, With hey, ho,...estate, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, 'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gates, For the rain it raineth every day. Act v Sci IT The play's...