Jack And Jill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABBB CCCDDD EEEFFF GGGHII IIIJJJ DDDAAA KLKMM NNNOOO PQQAAA RRRSSS BBBTTT UUUIII VVVWWW MMMDDD PPPAAALittle boys sit still | A |
Girls too if you will | A |
And let me tell you of Jack and Jill | A |
For I think another | B |
Such sister and brother | B |
Were never the children of one mother | B |
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For an idle lad | C |
As he was Jack had | C |
No traits after all that were very bad | C |
He was simply Jack | D |
With the coat on his back | D |
Patched up in all colors from gray to black | D |
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Both feet were bare | E |
And I do declare | E |
That he never washed his face and his hair | E |
Was the color of straw | F |
You never saw | F |
Such a crop as long as the moral law | F |
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When he went to school | G |
It was the rule | G |
Though 'twas hard to say he was really a fool | G |
To send him at once | H |
So thick was his sconce | I |
To the block that was kept for the greatest dunce | I |
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And Jill no lass | I |
Scarce ever has | I |
Made bigger tracks on the country grass | I |
For her only fun | J |
Was to romp and run | J |
Bare headed bare footed in wind and sun | J |
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Wherever went Jack | D |
Close on his track | D |
With hair unbraided and down her back | D |
Loud voiced and shrill | A |
She followed until | A |
No one said Jack without saying Jill | A |
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But to succeed | K |
In teaching to read | L |
Such a harum scarum was work indeed | K |
And I'm forced to tell | M |
That her way to spell | M |
Her name was with only a single 'l ' | - |
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Yet they were content | N |
One day they were sent | N |
To the hill for water and they went | N |
They did not drown | O |
But Jack fell down | O |
With a pail in his hand and broke his crown | O |
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And Jill who must go | P |
And always do | Q |
Exactly as Jack did tumbled too | Q |
Just think if you will | A |
How they rolled down hill | A |
Straw headed Jack and bare footed Jill | A |
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But up Jack got | R |
And home did trot | R |
Nor cared whether Jill was hurt or not | R |
While his poor bruised knob | S |
Did burn and throb | S |
Tear falling on tear sob following sob | S |
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He could run the faster | B |
So a paper plaster | B |
Had bound up the sight of his disaster | B |
Before Jill came | T |
And the thoughtful dame | T |
For a break in her head had fixed the same | T |
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But Jill came in | U |
With a saucy grin | U |
At seeing the plight poor Jack was in | U |
And when she saw | I |
That bundle of straw | I |
His hair bound up with a cloth and his jaw | I |
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Tied up in white | V |
The comical sight | V |
Made her clap her hands and laugh outright | V |
The dame perplexed | W |
And dreadfully vexed | W |
Got a stick and said I'll whip her next | W |
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How many blows fell | M |
I will not tell | M |
But she did it in earnest she did it well | M |
Till the naughty back | D |
Was blue and black | D |
And Jill needed a plaster as much as Jack | D |
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The next time though | P |
Jack has to go | P |
To the hill for water I almost know | P |
That bothering Jill | A |
Will go up the hill | A |
And if he falls again why of course she will | A |
Clara Doty Bates
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