My Paw Said So Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCB DBDBEEEB FBFBGG GBHBHBIIIB| Foxes can talk if you know how to listen | A |
| My Paw said so | B |
| Owls have big eyes that sparkle an' glisten | A |
| My Paw said so | B |
| Bears can turn flip flaps an' climb ellum trees | C |
| An' steal all the honey away from the bees | C |
| An' they never mind winter becoz they don't freeze | C |
| My Paw said so | B |
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| Girls is a scared of a snake but boys ain't | D |
| My Paw said so | B |
| They holler an' run an' sometimes they faint | D |
| My Paw said so | B |
| But boys would be 'shamed to be frightened that way | E |
| When all that the snake wants to do is to play | E |
| You've got to believe every word that I say | E |
| My Paw said so | B |
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| Wolves ain't so bad if you treat 'em all right | F |
| My Paw said so | B |
| They're as fond of a game as they are of a fight | F |
| My Paw said so | B |
| An' all of the animals found in the wood | G |
| Ain't always ferocious Most times they are good | G |
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| The trouble is mostly they're misunderstood | G |
| My Paw said so | B |
| You can think what you like but I stick to it when | H |
| My Paw said so | B |
| An' I'll keep right on sayin' again an' again | H |
| My Paw said so | B |
| Maybe foxes don't talk to such people as you | I |
| An' bears never show you the tricks they can do | I |
| But I know that the stories I'm tellin' are true | I |
| My Paw said so | B |
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