Jack And The Bean-stalk. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBDEC FGFGHG IJIJKJ LMLMNM JOJOPO QRQRER STSTUT VWVWWW XYXYOY KTKTXT ZOZOPO A2B2A2B2EB2 C2CC2CD2D| Versified by Mrs Clara Doty Bates | A |
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| A lazy and careless boy was Jack | B |
| He would not work and he would not play | C |
| And so poor that the jacket on his back | B |
| Hung in a ragged fringe alway | D |
| But 'twas shilly shally dilly dally | E |
| From day to day | C |
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| At last his mother was almost wild | F |
| And to get them food she knew not how | G |
| And she told her good for nothing child | F |
| To drive to market the brindle cow | G |
| So he strolled along with whistle and song | H |
| And drove the cow | G |
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| A man was under the wayside trees | I |
| Who carried some beans in his hand all white | J |
| He said My boy I'll give you these | I |
| For the brindle cow Jack said All right | J |
| And without any gold for the cow he had sold | K |
| Went home at night | J |
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| Bitter tears did the mother weep | L |
| Out of the window the beans were thrown | M |
| And Jack went supperless to sleep | L |
| But when the morning sunlight shone | M |
| High and high to the very sky | N |
| The beans had grown | M |
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| They made a ladder all green and bright | J |
| They twined and crossed and twisted so | O |
| And Jack sprang up it with all his might | J |
| And called to his mother down below | O |
| Hitchity hatchet my little red jacket | P |
| And up I go | O |
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| High as a tree then high as a steeple | Q |
| Then high as a kite and high as the moon | R |
| Far out of sight of cities and people | Q |
| He toiled and tugged and climbed till noon | R |
| And began to pant I guess I shan't | E |
| Get down very soon | R |
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| At last he came to a path that led | S |
| To a house he had never seen before | T |
| And he begged of a woman there some bread | S |
| But she heard her husband the Giant roar | T |
| And she gave him a shove in the old brick oven | U |
| And shut the door | T |
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| And the Giant sniffed and beat his breast | V |
| And grumbled low Fe fi fo fum | W |
| His poor wife prayed he would sit and rest | V |
| I smell fresh meat I will have some | W |
| He cried the louder Fe fi fo fum | W |
| I will have some | W |
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| He ate as much as would feed ten men | X |
| And drank a barrel of beer to the dregs | Y |
| Then he called for his little favorite hen | X |
| As under the table he stretched his legs | Y |
| And he roared Ho ho like a buffalo | O |
| Lay your gold eggs | Y |
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| She laid a beautiful egg of gold | K |
| And at last the Giant began to snore | T |
| Jack waited a minute then growing bold | K |
| He crept from the oven along the floor | T |
| And caught the hen in his arms and then | X |
| Fled through the door | T |
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| But the Giant heard him leave the house | Z |
| And followed him out and bellowed Oh oh | O |
| But Jack was as nimble as a mouse | Z |
| And sang as he rapidly slipped below | O |
| Hitchity hatchet my little red jacket | P |
| And down I go | O |
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| And the Giant howled and gnashed his teeth | A2 |
| Jack got down first and in a flash | B2 |
| Cut the ladder from underneath | A2 |
| And Giant and Bean stalk in one dash | B2 |
| No shilly shally no dilly dally | E |
| Fell with a crash | B2 |
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| This brought Jack fame and riches too | C2 |
| For the little gold egg hen would lay | C |
| An egg whenever he told her to | C2 |
| If he asked one fifty times a day | C |
| And he and his mother lived with each other | D2 |
| In peace alway | D |
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