Here Is Little Effie's Head Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB ACAC DAEA FFGG AAAA HHFF IJKJ KBBI LIMA NALI AIAA| here is little Effie's head | A |
| whose brains are made of gingerbread | A |
| when the judgment day comes | B |
| God will find six crumbs | B |
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| stooping by the coffinlid | A |
| waiting for something to rise | C |
| as the other somethings did | A |
| you imagine His surprise | C |
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| bellowing through the general noise | D |
| Where is Effie who was dead | A |
| to God in a tiny voice | E |
| i am may the first crumb said | A |
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| whereupon its fellow five | F |
| crumbs chuckled as if they were alive | F |
| and number two took up the song | G |
| might i'm called and did no wrong | G |
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| cried the third crumb i am should | A |
| and this is my little sister could | A |
| with our big brother who is would | A |
| don't punish us for we were good | A |
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| and the last crumb with some shame | H |
| whispered unto God my name | H |
| is must and with the others i've | F |
| been Effie who isn't alive | F |
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| just imagine it I say | I |
| God amid a monstrous din | J |
| watch your step and follow me | K |
| stooping by Effie's little in | J |
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| want a match or can you see | K |
| which the six subjunctive crumbs | B |
| twitch like mutilated thumbs | B |
| picture His peering biggest whey | I |
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| coloured face on which a frown | L |
| puzzles but I know the way | I |
| nervously Whose eyes approve | M |
| the blessed while His ears are crammed | A |
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| with the strenuous music of | N |
| the innumerable capering damned | A |
| staring wildly up and down | L |
| the here we are now judgment day | I |
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| cross the threshold have no dread | A |
| lift the sheet back in this way | I |
| here is little Effie's head | A |
| whose brains are made of gingerbread | A |
E. E. Cummings
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