The Rubaiyat of a Huffy Husband

"The Rubaiyat of a Huffy Husband" by Mary Wallace Bundy Little is a funny poem from the early 1900s that tells the story of a husband who feels left out because his wife is super into a book called "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam." The poem uses humor to explore the ideas of love, being jealous, and how books can change how people act around each other. The husband gets more and more annoyed as his wife spends all her time reading, and he starts to feel ignored. He complains in a funny way, showing how much he wants her to pay attention to him again. He's mad and sad at the same time, realizing that this book has taken over their marriage. He tries to win back his wife's love, which is both funny and something that many people can understand, making the poem a smart look at love and talking to each other in a marriage.