Saarchinkold! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDEFAEGGBB HHFIFAAJKJ LLMA NOJP QARSRSSSSTTJUJ VVWWXYJJ LLSSSSJZ CA2JA2SSTT SSB2B2SSC2C2 JJSS SD2ZC2C2 SZZJJ E2E2F2G2F2G2 G2G2H2H2I2I2 J2J2B2 SS ZZK2K2 L2L2JJJS SZZZJJ JZZZ JJZZR D JJJJJ

Nose to windowA
Still as a mouseB
Watching grampaC
Bank the houseB
Out of the barrow he shovels the tanD
And he piles and packs it as hard as he canD
All about the house's feetE
Says Phunny kindF
Nose to the windowA
Eager and sweetE
Now she comes to the entry doorG
Grampa what are you do that forG
Are you puttin' stockin's on to the houseB
Found her tongue has Still as a MouseB
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Grandpa twinkles out of his eyesH
Straightens his aching back and triesH
To look as solemn as Phunny kindF
But the child saysI
Grampa is it the windF
That keeps you a shakin' an' shakin' soA
Then the old man shaking the more says NoA
But I'm bankin' the house Miss Locks o goldJ
To keep out the dreadfulK
Sa archin' ColdJ
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And away he chuckles barrow and allL
'Mazin' thing he says to be smallL
Folks says the best things 't ever they doM
Afore they git old 'nough to knowA
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Phunny kind puzzles her queer wee brainN
As slowly she toddles in againO
Is she a nawful ugly oldJ
Giant or what thisP
'Sa archinkold '-
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She stands by the clock in the corner nowQ
I wonder she says does the old clock knowA
But the great clockR
TICKSS
And the grim clockR
TOCKSS
Away at the top of his ghostly boxS
The round Full Moon in his forehead smilesS
But with all his wisdom or all his wilesS
Though he knows very wellT
He never will tellT
Should he tick and tock till a century oldJ
What they mean byU
The Sa archinkoldJ
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In the great square room by a cheerful flameV
In the fire place bending above her frameV
Is grandma snapping her chalky stringW
Across and across a broad bright thingW
Gramma what you are a doin' hereX
I'm a makin' a 'comfort ' my little dearY
For grandpa and I are a gittin' oldJ
And we're afeared o' the Sa archin' ColdJ
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When the daylight fades and the shadows fallL
Flickering down from the fire dogs tallL
Comes Uncle Phil from his school and his booksS
Uncle Phil I know by your smile y looksS
You'll let me get on your knee jus' soS
An' you'll tell me somefing I want to knowS
'Cos you see Uncle Phil I've got to be toldJ
Who she is they call herZ
'The Sa archinkold '-
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Uncle Phil looks upC
Uncle Phil looks downA2
And he wags his headJ
And he tries to frownA2
But at last he criesS
In a great surpriseS
Why yes to be sure to be sure I'll tellT
For I know the old dame of old right wellT
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Now Jack is a fine old fellow you seeS
Spicy and full of his pranks is heS
Snipping off noses just for funB2
And sticking 'em on again when he is doneB2
A pinching at pretty soft ears and cheeksS
A wakin' folks up with his jolly freaksS
But a h for your lifeC2
Look sharp for his wifeC2
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For she comes after and comes to stayJ
Welcome or not for a month and a dayJ
She plots and she plans she sneaks and she crawlsS
Till she finds a way through the thickest of wallsS
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ZH ZHS
Did you ever meet aD2
More dreadful creaturZ
She's Jack Frost's wifeC2
And the plague of his lifeC2
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ZH ZHS
I'm all of a shiverZ
Heart lungs and liverZ
When I think of that oldJ
SAARCHINKOLDJ
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Oh oo cries Phunny kind how does she lookE2
To be sure I'll picture her just like a bookE2
Her nose is an icicle sharp and strongF2
To poke in at every hole and crackG2
Her eyes gleam frostily all night longF2
But who knows whether they're blue or blackG2
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She brings on her backG2
An astonishing packG2
Like a blacksmith's bellows marvellous bigH2
And while she dances a horrible jigH2
Out of this bellows a doleful tuneI2
She skre eels away in the dark o' the MoonI2
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But if ever she works with a wicked willJ2
'Tis when she is quiet and sly and stillJ2
She pretends that old Jack leaves his work but half doneB2
She 'wishes for once he'd be quit of his fun '-
So she follows him up with her sour ugly phizS
And wherever she goes you may know she means 'bizS
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Look sharp when she peeps through the crack o' the doorZ
Look sharp when she hides away under the floorZ
She'll crack the bare ground with a terrible bangK2
And out from the clap boards the nails will go spangK2
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She'll spoil the potatoes if once she gets inL2
And she'll shake all the people whose bed clothes are thinL2
She'll stop the old clock in the dead o' the nightJ
And make him hold up both his hands in a frightJ
And what she won't doJ
Is more than I knowS
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ZH ZhS
I'm all of a shiverZ
Heart lungs and liverZ
Jist always whiniverZ
I think of that o o ldJ
SA ARCHINKOLDJ
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Then Phunny kind shivers a little tooJ
And heaves a deep sigh and says Are you frooZ
Then slides down quietly to the floorZ
Doubtfully watching the outer doorZ
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She says Is my bed got a fing like you saidJ
A 'comfut' vat I can put over my headJ
Oh Phil naughty boy says grandma yes dearZ
Your bed's got a 'comfut ' so never you fearZ
And you should be in it for see the old clockR
Points just to your bed time and says 'tick tock '-
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Well grampa I'm goin' as quick as I canD
If you'll only give me a handful of 'tan '-
What for Oh I'm jus' goin' to take it to bedJ
'Cos I recollec' every word that you saidJ
And gramma and Phil for all of you toldJ
How 'comfuts ' and 'tan'll' keep outJ
SA ARCHINKOLDJ

Clara Doty Bates



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