Disaster Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EDEDDFDF GHGHDEDE IJIJDKDK LDLFMDMD| 'Twas ever thus from childhood's hour | A |
| My fondest hopes would not decay | B |
| I never loved a tree or flower | A |
| Which was the first to fade away | B |
| The garden where I used to delve | C |
| Short frock'd still yields me pinks in plenty | D |
| The peartree that I climb'd at twelve | C |
| I see still blossoming at twenty | D |
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| I never nursed a dear gazelle | E |
| But I was given a parroquet | D |
| How I did nurse him if unwell | E |
| He's imbecile but lingers yet | D |
| He's green with an enchanting tuft | D |
| He melts me with his small black eye | F |
| He'd look inimitable stuff'd | D |
| And knows it but he will not die | F |
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| I had a kitten I was rich | G |
| In pets but all too soon my kitten | H |
| Became a full sized cat by which | G |
| I've more than once been scratch'd and bitten | H |
| And when for sleep her limbs she curl'd | D |
| One day beside her untouch'd plateful | E |
| And glided calmly from the world | D |
| I freely own that I was grateful | E |
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| And then I bought a dog a queen | I |
| Ah Tiny dear departing pug | J |
| She lives but she is past sixteen | I |
| And scarce can crawl across the rug | J |
| I loved her beautiful and kind | D |
| Delighted in her pert Bow wow | K |
| But now she snaps if you don't mind | D |
| 'Twere lunacy to love her now | K |
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| I used to think should e'er mishap | L |
| Betide my crumple visaged Ti | D |
| In shape of prowling thief or trap | L |
| Or coarse bull terrier I should die | F |
| But ah disasters have their use | M |
| And life might e'en be too sunshiny | D |
| Nor would I make myself a goose | M |
| If some big dog should swallow Tiny | D |
Charles Stuart Calverley
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