Peter Pumpkin Eater
Kept wife confined
Peter Pumpkin Eater is the title character of a nursery rhyme: "Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, had a wife and couldn't keep her; he put her in a pumpkin shell, and there he kept her very well." The rhyme is sometimes referenced when discussing controlling relationships or domestic confinement, though its origins and original meaning remain obscure.
- nursery rhymeTraditional poem for young children
- wifeFemale marriage partner
- shellHard outer covering
- nurseryRoom for infants
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
kept · her · there · very · well · mother · goose · garden · patch · orange · vine · Halloween · jack o lantern · harvest · squash · pie · pie filling · cottage
literary/cultural archetype of husbands
Peter Pumpkin EaterPrince Charming
Idealized romantic lead archetype
Mr. Darcy · Romeo · Odysseus · John Legend · Barack Obama