Strictly Germ-proof Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFGG HHAA| The Antiseptic Baby and the Prophylactic Pup | A |
| Were playing in the garden when the Bunny gamboled up | A |
| They looked upon the Creature with a loathing undisguised | B |
| It wasn't Disinfected and it wasn't Sterilized | B |
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| They said it was a Microbe and a Hotbed of Disease | C |
| They steamed it in a vapor of a thousand odd degrees | C |
| They froze it in a freezer that was cold as Banished Hope | D |
| And washed it in permanganate with carbolated soap | D |
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| In sulphureted hydrogen they steeped its wiggly ears | E |
| They trimmed its frisky whiskers with a pair of hard boiled shears | F |
| They donned their rubber mittens and they took it by the hand | G |
| And 'lected it a member of the Fumigated Band | G |
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| There's not a Micrococcus in the garden where they play | H |
| They bathe in pure iodoform a dozen times a day | H |
| And each imbibes his rations from a Hygienic Cup | A |
| The Bunny and the Baby and the Prophylactic Pup | A |
Arthur Guiterman
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