Alphabet, No. 5 Poem Rhyme Scheme

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Alphabet, No. 5 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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A	A
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A was an Area Arch	B
Where washerwomen sat	C
They made a lot of lovely starch	B
To starch Papa's Cravat	C
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B	-
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B was a Bottle blue	D
Which was not very small	E
Papa he filled it full of beer	F
And then he drank it all	E
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C	-
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C was Papa's gray Cat	C
Who caught a squeaky Mouse	G
She pulled him by his twirly tail	H
All about the house	G
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D	-
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D was Papa's white Duck	I
Who had a curly tail	H
One day it ate a great fat frog	J
Besides a leetle snail	H
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E	-
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E was a little Egg	K
Upon the breakfast table	L
Papa came in and ate it up	M
As fast as he was able	L
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F	-
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F was a little Fish	N
Cook in the river took it	C
Papa said Cook Cook bring a dish	N
And Cook be quick and cook it	C
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G	-
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G was Papa's new Gun	O
He put it in a box	P
And then he went and bought a bun	O
And walked about the Docks	P
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H	-
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H was Papa's new Hat	C
He wore it on his head	C
Outside it was completely black	Q
But inside it was red	C
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I	-
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I was an Inkstand new	D
Papa he likes to use it	C
He keeps it in his pocket now	R
For fear that he should lose it	C
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J	-
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J was some Apple Jam	S
Of which Papa ate part	C
But all the rest he took away	-
And stuffed into a tart	C
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K	-
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K was a great new Kite	C
Papa he saw it fly	-
Above a thousand chimney pots	T
And all about the sky	-
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L	-
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L was a fine new Lamp	U
But when the wick was lit	C
Papa he said This Light ain't good	C
I cannot read a bit	C
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M	-
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M was a dish of mince	V
It looked so good to eat	C
Papa he quickly ate it up	M
And said This is a treat	C
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N	-
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N was a Nut that grew	D
High up upon a tree	-
Papa who could not reach it said	C
That's much too high for me	-
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O	-
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O was an Owl who flew	D
All in the dark away	-
Papa said What an owl you are	W
Why don't you fly by day	-
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P	-
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P was a little Pig	X
Went out to take a walk	Y
Papa he said If Piggy dead	C
He'd all turn into Pork	Z
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Q	D
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Q was a Quince that hung	A2
Upon a garden tree	-
Papa he brought it with him home	B2
And ate it with his tea	-
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R	W
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R was a Railway Rug	C2
Extremely large and warm	D2
Papa he wrapped it round his head	C
In a most dreadful storm	D2
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S	-
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S was Papa's new Stick	E2
Papa's new thumping Stick	E2
To thump extremely wicked boys	F2
Because it was so thick	E2
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T	-
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T was a tumbler full	G2
Of Punch all hot and good	C
Papa he drank it up when in	H2
The middle of a wood	C
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U	D
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U was a silver urn	I2
Full of hot scalding water	J2
Papa said If that Urn were mine	K2
I'd give it to my daughter	J2
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V was a Villain once	L2
He stole a piece of beef	M2
Papa he said Oh dreadful man	N2
That Villain is a Thief	M2
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W	-
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W was a Watch of Gold	C
It told the time of day	-
So that Papa knew when to come	O2
And when to go away	-
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X	-
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X was King Xerxes whom	P2
Papa much wished to know	-
But this he could not do because	Q2
Xerxes died long ago	-
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Y	-
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Y was a Youth who kicked	C
And screamed and cried like mad	C
Papa he said Your conduct is	R2
Abominably bad	C
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Z	-
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Z was a Zebra striped	C
And streaked with lines of black	Q
Papa said once he thought he'd like	S2
A ride upon his back	Q