Arithmetic Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGAHIJKJALMINLI OPFOQA| ur | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp head | B |
| Arithmet ic tell you how many you lose or win if you know how | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp many you had before you lost or won | D |
| Arithmetic is seven eleven all good children go to heaven or five | E |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp six bundle of sticks | F |
| Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer | A |
| Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and | H |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp you can look out of the window and see the blue sky or the | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp answer is wrong and you have to start all over and try again | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp and see how it comes out this time | K |
| If you take a number and double it and double it again and then | J |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp double it a few more times the number gets bigger and bigger | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp and goes higher and higher and only arithmetic can tell you | L |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp what the number is when you decide to quit doubling | M |
| Arithmetic is where you have to multiply and you carry the | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp multiplication table in your head and hope you won't lose it | N |
| If you have two animal crackers one good and one bad and you | L |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp eat one and a striped zebra with streaks all over him eats the | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp other how many animal crackers will you have if somebody | O |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp offers you five six seven and you say No no no and you say | P |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Nay nay nay and you say Nix nix nix | F |
| If you ask your mother for one fried egg for breakfast and she | O |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp gives you two fried eggs and you eat both of them who is | Q |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp better in arithmetic you or your mother | A |
Carl Sandburg
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