The New Duckling Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDC EFEF DGD AHA IJI KLKL EFEF| 'I want to be new ' said the duckling | A |
| 'O ho ' said the wise old owl | B |
| While the guinea hen cluttered off chuckling | A |
| To tell all the rest of the fowl | B |
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| 'I should like a more elegant figure ' | - |
| That child of a duck went on | C |
| 'I should like to grow bigger and bigger | D |
| Until I could swallow a swan | C |
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| 'I won't be the bond slave of habit | E |
| I won't have these webs on my toes | F |
| I want to run round like a rabbit | E |
| A rabbit as red as a rose | F |
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| 'I don't want to waddle like mother | D |
| Or quack like my silly old dad | G |
| I want to be utterly other | D |
| And frightfully modern and mad ' | - |
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| 'Do you know ' said the turkey 'you're quacking | A |
| There's a fox creeping up thro' the rye | H |
| And if you're not utterly lacking | A |
| You'll make for that duck pond Good bye ' | - |
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| 'I won't ' said the duckling 'I'll lift him | I |
| A beautiful song like a sheep | J |
| And when I have as it were biffed him | I |
| I'll give him my feathers to keep ' | - |
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| Now the curious end of this fable | K |
| So far as the rest ascertained | L |
| Though they searched from the barn to the stable | K |
| Was that only his feathers remained | L |
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| So he wasn't the bond slave of habit | E |
| And he didn't have webs on his toes | F |
| And perhaps he runs round like a rabbit | E |
| A rabbit as red as a rose | F |
Alfred Noyes
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