2006-09-09 02:47:21 · 11 answers · asked by Alex Y 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
The rhyme itself was a criticism of monarchy. at the time a reportedly portly prince sat on a wall overlooking a battle, his fall lead to his swift death. the depiction of the character in the rhyme is commonly depicted as an egg to illustrate the fragility of human life, the last part of the rhyme furthers the criticism of the monarchy by stating that for all their power even the noble class are subject to mortality.
2006-09-09 07:18:22 · answer #1 · answered by Andrew M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The nursery rhyme never states that Humpty Dumpty is an egg! If you are reading it from a nursery rhyme book, the illustrations suggest that he is an egg!! :)
2006-09-09 09:55:55 · answer #2 · answered by bigsis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess we all assumed he was an egg from our childhood. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put him together again.
2006-09-09 09:55:10 · answer #3 · answered by Marenight 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The guy who wrote it probably told everyone that humpty dumpty was an enormously large egg.
Otherwise, you can figure it out from the poem
2006-09-09 09:52:56 · answer #4 · answered by Sohaib 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey i neva noticed that ... kinda niave fr us to think he was an egg.. but maybe its becuz of all those egg illustrations... and the part were it goes all the kings horses n all the kings men cudnt put humpty dumpty together again ... but hey wateva .. hu cares.. its just a stupid nursery rhyme
2006-09-09 11:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by rev 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clever question. It doesn't say what Humpty Dumpty was.
2006-09-09 11:23:01 · answer #6 · answered by Made in America 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some things are implied and you gotta read the pictures!!
2006-09-09 16:47:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you are too young to remember seeing that one on T.V.
2006-09-11 19:21:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it doesn't. the rhyme was originally a riddle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_dumpty
2006-09-09 11:15:39 · answer #9 · answered by Jimbo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the wall !
2006-09-09 09:50:18 · answer #10 · answered by Geedebb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋