Bazonka
Bazonka - meaning Summary
Nonsense as Protective Ritual
This comic nonsense poem reports a grandmother's refrain—"Say Bazonka every day"—presented as a folk remedy and ritual with arbitrary prohibitions and absurd consequences. The speaker relays how repetition supposedly protects against illness and keeps elbows glue-free, how a character persists in saying the word beyond death, and how townsfolk turn it into a shared nocturnal practice. The poem treats silly superstition as comforting, communal nonsense.
Read Complete AnalysesSay Bazonka every day That's what my grandma used to say It keeps at bay the Asian Flu' And both your elbows free from glue. So say Bazonka every day (That's what my grandma used to say) Don't say it if your socks are dry! Or when the sun is in your eye! Never say it in the dark (The word you see emits a spark) Only say it in the day (That's what my grandma used to say) Young Tiny Tim took her advice He said it once, he said it twice he said it till the day he died And even after that he tried To say Bazonka! every day Just like my grandma used to say. Now folks around declare it's true That every night at half past two If you'll stand upon your head And shout Bazonka! from your bed You'll hear the word as clear as day Just like my grandma used to say!
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