A Fish Story. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCBDDEFFEAAGDDGAA HAAHIIJKKJAALAAMNNMO ODAAD| Sir Arthur the sinner | A |
| Ate twelve fish for dinner | A |
| And you may believe it's just as I say | B |
| For if you but knew it | C |
| 'Twas I saw him do it | C |
| And just as it happened sir this was the way | B |
| One day this tall fish | D |
| Swallowed this small fish | D |
| He had just eaten a smaller one still | E |
| Up came this queer one | F |
| And gobbled that 'ere one | F |
| Didn't he show the most magical skill | E |
| Then came this other | A |
| And chewed up his brother | A |
| Made but one gulp and behold he was through | G |
| He was a gold fish | D |
| Oh he was a bold fish | D |
| But before he could wink he was eaten up too | G |
| Up came a flounder | A |
| He was a ten pounder | A |
| Opened his mouth swallowed him and was gone | H |
| Before you could blink sir | A |
| Before he could shrink sir | A |
| This fish came by and the flounder was gone | H |
| Alas for my story | I |
| 'Tis getting quite gory | I |
| So many swallows a summer might make | J |
| This one came smiling | K |
| And sweetly beguiling | K |
| Gobbled the last like a piece of hot cake | J |
| A cod followed after | A |
| 'Twould move you to laughter | A |
| To see in his turn how this hake came up | L |
| Swallowed that cod sir | A |
| As if he were scrod sir | A |
| And then went by in a kind of a huff | M |
| Last but not least | N |
| Came this fellow the beast | N |
| Down went the hake like a small pinch of snuff | M |
| Then Cap'en Jim caught him | O |
| And then mamma bought him | O |
| And then Annie cooked him served up in a dish | D |
| And so this small sinner | A |
| Who had him for dinner | A |
| 'Twas just as I say sir had eaten twelve fish | D |
Clara Doty Bates
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