Counting The Mad Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF EGHIEF JKLLEF| This one was put in a jacket | A |
| This one was sent home | B |
| This one was given bread and meat | C |
| But would eat none | D |
| And this one cried No No No No | E |
| All day long | F |
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| This one looked at the window | E |
| As though it were a wall | G |
| This one saw things that were not there | H |
| This one things that were | I |
| And this one cried No No No No | E |
| All day long | F |
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| This one thought himself a bird | J |
| This one a dog | K |
| And this one thought himself a man | L |
| An ordinary man | L |
| And cried and cried No No No No | E |
| All day long | F |
Donald Justice
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