Read full poem →All was lost, then! No! a cricket
(What "cicada"? Pooh!)
--Some mad thing that left its thicket
Dictionary Entry
Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
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Common Phrases
. cicadakiller cicadanymphs cicadacicada periodicalcicada yearcicada malecicada bladder
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Poetry examples for “cicada”
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Read full poem →All was lost, then! No! a cricket
(What "cicada"? Pooh!)
--Some mad thing that left its thicket
Read full poem →If there were the sound of water only
Not the cicada
And dry grass singing