Eleventh Avenue Racket Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCADEFGHI BJGB HBJG| There is something terrible | A |
| about a hurdy gurdy | B |
| a gipsy man and woman | C |
| and a monkey in red flannel | A |
| all stopping in front of a big house | D |
| with a sign For Rent on the door | E |
| and the blinds hanging loose | F |
| and nobody home | G |
| I never saw this | H |
| I hope to God I never will | I |
| - | |
| Whoop de doodle de doo | B |
| Hoodle de harr de hum | J |
| Nobody home Everybody home | G |
| Whoop de doodle de doo | B |
| - | |
| Mamie Riley married Jimmy Higgins last night Eddie Jones died of whooping cough George Hacks got a job on the police force the Rosenheims bought a brass bed Lena Hart giggled at a jackie a pushcart man called tomaytoes tomaytoes | H |
| Whoop de doodle de doo | B |
| Hoodle d e harr de hum | J |
| Nobody home Everybody home | G |
Carl Sandburg
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