The Rollicking Mastodon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFFAA EGHGCEIDCCAA DJKJLMNMOOAA PBQBRSTSUUAA| A Rollicking Mastodon lived in Spain | A |
| In the trunk of a Tranquil Tree | B |
| His face was plain but his jocular vein | A |
| Was a burst of the wildest glee | B |
| His voice was strong and his laugh so long | C |
| That people came many a mile | D |
| And offered to pay a guinea a day | E |
| For the fractional part of a smile | D |
| The Rollicking Mastodon's laugh was wide | F |
| Indeed 'twas a matter of family pride | F |
| And oh so proud of his jocular vein | A |
| Was the Rollicking Mastodon over in Spain | A |
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| The Rollicking Mastodon said one day | E |
| I feel that I need some air | G |
| For a little ozone's a tonic for bones | H |
| As well as a gloss for the hair | G |
| So he skipped along and warbled a song | C |
| In his own triumphulant way | E |
| His smile was bright and his skip was light | I |
| As he chirruped his roundelay | D |
| The Rollicking Mastodon tripped along | C |
| And sang what Mastodons call a song | C |
| But every note of it seemed to pain | A |
| The Rollicking Mastodon over in Spain | A |
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| A Little Peetookle came over the hill | D |
| Dressed up in a bollitant coat | J |
| And he said You need some harroway seed | K |
| And a little advice for your throat | J |
| The Mastodon smiled and said My child | L |
| There's a chance for your taste to grow | M |
| If you polish your mind you'll certainly find | N |
| How little how little you know | M |
| The Little Peetookle his teeth he ground | O |
| At the Mastodon's singular sense of sound | O |
| For he felt it a sort of musical stain | A |
| On the Rollicking Mastodon over in Spain | A |
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| Alas and alas has it come to this pass | P |
| Said the Little Peetookle Dear me | B |
| It certainly seems your horrible screams | Q |
| Intended for music must be | B |
| The Mastodon stopped his ditty he dropped | R |
| And murmured Good morning my dear | S |
| I never will sing to a sensitive thing | T |
| That shatters a song with a sneer | S |
| The Rollicking Mastodon bade him adieu | U |
| Of course 'twas a sensible thing to do | U |
| For Little Peetookle is spared the strain | A |
| Of the Rollicking Mastodon over in Spain | A |
Arthur Macy
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