The Four Friends Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GDGD HBHB| Ernest was an elephant a great big fellow | A |
| Leonard was a lion with a six foot tail | B |
| George was a goat and his beard was yellow | A |
| And James was a very small snail | B |
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| Leonard had a stall and a great big strong one | C |
| Earnest had a manger and its walls were thick | D |
| George found a pen but I think it was the wrong one | C |
| And James sat down on a brick | D |
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| Earnest started trumpeting and cracked his manger | E |
| Leonard started roaring and shivered his stall | F |
| James gave a huffle of a snail in danger | E |
| And nobody heard him at all | F |
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| Earnest started trumpeting and raised such a rumpus | G |
| Leonard started roaring and trying to kick | D |
| James went on a journey with the goats new compass | G |
| And he reached the end of his brick | D |
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| Ernest was an elephant and very well intentioned | H |
| Leonard was a lion with a brave new tail | B |
| George was a goat as I think I have mentioned | H |
| but James was only a snail | B |
Alan Alexander Milne
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