Nonsense Books · Chapter
The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò explained
Lady Jingly Jones remains on the Coast of Coromandel, mourning the loss of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, who sailed away in his jug without a handle.
What happens
Lady Jingly Jones remains on the Coast of Coromandel, mourning the loss of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, who sailed away in his jug without a handle. She weeps daily on a heap of stones, lamenting to her Dorking Hens.
Themes in this chapter
Loneliness and Longing
Lady Jingly's perpetual mourning and daily moans for her lost love
Mortality and Loss
The irreversible separation and enduring grief of Lady Jingly
Characters to notice
- Lady Jingly Jones
Mourns the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò on the Coast of Coromandel
- The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò
Departed in his jug without a handle, leaving Lady Jingly behind
Key passages
“From the Coast of Coromandel Did that Lady never go; On that heap of stones she mourns For the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.”
Lady Jingly never left the Coast of Coromandel; she remains on a pile of stones grieving for the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.
Describes Lady Jingly's stationary grief
“On that Coast of Coromandel, In his jug without a handle Still she weeps, and daily moans; On that little heap of stones To her Dorking Hens she moans, For the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò, For the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.”
On the Coast of Coromandel, she continues to weep and moan daily on her small pile of stones, lamenting to her Dorking Hens about the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò.
Highlights the repetitive and sorrowful nature of her mourning