What Ma Said Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DDEE FFGG HHI J| When Pa came home last night he had a package in his hand | A |
| Now Ma ' said he 'I've something here which you will say is grand | A |
| A friend of mine got home today from hunting in the woods | B |
| He's been away a week or two and got back with the goods | B |
| He had a corking string of birds I wish you could have seen 'em ' | C |
| 'If you've brought any partridge home ' said Ma 'you'll have to clean 'em ' | C |
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| 'Now listen Ma ' said Pa to her 'these birds are mighty rare | D |
| I know a lot of men who'd pay a heap to get a pair | D |
| But it's against the law to sell this splendid sort of game | E |
| And if you bought 'em you would have to use a different name | E |
| It isn't every couple has a pair to eat between 'em ' | - |
| 'If you got any partridge there ' says Ma 'you'll have to clean 'em ' | - |
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| 'Whenever kings want something fine it's partridge that they eat | F |
| And millionaires prefer 'em too to every sort of meat | F |
| About us everywhere tonight are folks who'd think it fine | G |
| If on a brace of partridge they could just sit down to dine | G |
| They've got a turkey skinned to death they're sweeter than a chicken ' | - |
| 'If that's what you've brought home ' says Ma 'you'll have to do the pickin' ' | - |
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| And then Pa took the paper off and showed Ma what he had | H |
| 'There look at those two beauties don't they start you feelin' glad | H |
| An' ain't your mouth a waterin' to think how fine they'll be | I |
| When you've cooked 'em up for dinner one for you an' one for me ' | - |
| But Ma just turned her nose up high an' said when she had seen 'em | J |
| 'You'll never live to eat 'em if you wait for me to clean 'em ' | - |
Edgar Albert Guest
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