A Goblin Christmas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EFGFH IJ JKLKMNMN OPOPFJFJ QRQRJSJS OOTOUVW XOXOJOOO OJOJOYO OZOSVA2VA2 OA2OA2 OB2OB2OOOO OMJM C2OA2OB2A2D2 E2OF2OJB2G2B2The little Man and tiny Maid | A |
Who love the Fairies in the glade | A |
Who see them in the tangled grass | B |
The Gnomes and Brownies as they pass | B |
Who hear the Sprites from Elf land call | C |
Go frolic with these Brownies small | C |
And join these merry sporting Elves | D |
But ever be your own sweet selves | D |
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The big bright Moon hung high and round | E |
In a densely darkened sky | F |
The tall pines swayed and mocked and groaned | G |
The mountains grew so high | F |
That the Man in the Moon came out and said | H |
'Ho Spooks for a merry dance ' | - |
The winds blow hard the caverns roar | I |
While o'er the earth they prance | J |
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A Witch and a Goblin led the sprites | J |
Out from the sky they sprung | K |
And down the milky way they slid | L |
And over a chasm swung | K |
The streams around ran witches' broth | M |
The fumes were strong and rank | N |
These Elfin creatures all were wroth | M |
While of the stuff they drank | N |
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The cunning Moon looked on and laughed | O |
With a shrill and sneering jibe | P |
Her soul grew fat to see them chaffed | O |
This mad and elfish tribe | P |
The big black caldron boiled so high | F |
With food for these queer mites | J |
That it lit the world throughout the sky | F |
And down came all the Sprites | J |
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Their mad career upset a star | Q |
As through the air they flew | R |
It cringed in fear and shot afar | Q |
And fell where no one knew | R |
Orion's sword was broke in bits | J |
Corona's crown was gone | S |
Capella seemed to lose her wits | J |
While all so longed for dawn | S |
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Then from the night there came a sound | O |
Of sleigh bells ringing sweet | O |
Out of the chaos came a man | T |
Kris Kringle for his Christmas treat | O |
'Ho Kris ' they cried 'We'll have some fun | U |
We'll bind the old man down | V |
We'll tie him up and toss him o'er | W |
Into our Goblin town ' | - |
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They climbed the sleigh with shout and din | X |
To bind his hands and feet | O |
A hundred strong they clambered in | X |
Our good old Kris to meet | O |
He sat quite still with twinkling eyes | J |
Then seized his mystic wand | O |
He raised it up and waved it round | O |
Stilled was this chattering band | O |
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Stiffly stark and still they stood | O |
Clad in elfish clothes | J |
Some were wax and some were wood | O |
One had crushed his nose | J |
'Playthings rare ' he said and smiled | O |
'For children rich and poor | Y |
Some I'll leave the crippled child | O |
And some at the orphan's door ' | - |
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He shook his reins and called his steed | O |
To bear him swiftly on | Z |
Full well it knew its Master's need | O |
To hurry e'er the dawn | S |
From house to house they scampered down | V |
Their sleigh bells ringing clear | A2 |
Through chimneys in the sleepy town | V |
Good Kris and his reindeer | A2 |
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The windows rattled the moonbeams tattled | O |
A tale so strange and queer | A2 |
They told how at night in dire affright | O |
The Moon had hid in fear | A2 |
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That he'd called in sport his elfish court | O |
Of spooks and witches gay | B2 |
Each Elfin child by glee beguiled | O |
Brought scores of others they say | B2 |
Then a man appeared with flowing beard | O |
In a sled with a reindeer fleet | O |
They gathered about with din and shout | O |
To bind him hands and feet | O |
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Then the Moon laughed loud at the gathering crowd | O |
While he held his sides in mirth | M |
To see old Kris in a plight like this | J |
Toiling o'er the earth | M |
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But alas for the Moon he had laughed like a loon | C2 |
For Kris is a hero of old | O |
Yes Kris is a seer with his small reindeer | A2 |
He captured the Goblins bold | O |
And he changed them they say in a wonderful way | B2 |
To toys for his Christmas cheer | A2 |
The big dolls stare with a goblin air | D2 |
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While the moonbeams prattle I hear a rattle | E2 |
Of hoofs on the chimney side | O |
Then out on the snow I gaze below | F2 |
'Hurrah it's Kris Kringle ' I cried | O |
Then sly as a mouse he entered the house | J |
And hung up his treasures so gay | B2 |
Then out with a dash he sped like a flash | G2 |
Into the night and away | B2 |
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