The Spider Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFDD GGHH BBII DDI| 'OH look at that great ugly spider ' said Ann | A |
| And screaming she brush'd it away with her fan | A |
| ''Tis a frightful black creature as ever can be | B |
| I wish that it would not come crawling on me ' | C |
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| 'Indeed ' said her mother 'I'll venture to say | D |
| The poor thing will try to keep out of your way | D |
| For after the fright and the fall and the pain | E |
| It has much more occasion than you to complain | E |
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| 'But why should you dread the poor insect my dear | F |
| If it hurt you there'd be some excuse for your fear | F |
| But its little black legs as it hurried away | D |
| Did but tickle your arm as they went I dare say | D |
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| 'For them to fear us we must grant to be just | G |
| Who in less than a moment can tread them to dust | G |
| But certainly we have no cause for alarm | H |
| For were they to try they could do us no harm | H |
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| 'Now look it has got to its home do you see | B |
| What a delicate web it has spun in the tree | B |
| Why here my dear Ann is a lesson for you | I |
| Come learn from this spider what patience can do | I |
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| 'And when at your business you're tempted to play | D |
| Recollect what you see in this insect to day | D |
| Or else to your shame it may seem to be true | I |
| That a poor little spider is wiser than you ' | - |
Ann Taylor
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