Alphabet Poem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBBBB BBBBBBB BBBBBCB BBBBBBB CCDEFCC CCCCCGC HCCCCCC BBBBBBB CCCCCCC IJJJJCI BCCCCBC BBBBBBB KKKKKKK BLLLLBB CBBBBBB BMMCCMB NNNNNNN CCCCCNC NNNNNNN KKKKKKK KKKKKBK OKKKKPK KKKKKBK KKKKKKK KKKKKCK| A was once an ant | A |
| Tiny | B |
| Busy | B |
| Speedy | B |
| Shiny | B |
| In the groundy | B |
| Little ant | B |
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| A was once a little ant | B |
| Antsy | B |
| Fantsy | B |
| Mantsy | B |
| Antsy | B |
| Fantsy anty | B |
| Little ant | B |
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| B was once a little bat | B |
| Batsy | B |
| Watsy | B |
| Fatsy | B |
| Batsy | B |
| Bumpy smacky | C |
| Little bat | B |
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| C was once a little cat | B |
| Batty | B |
| Catty | B |
| Fatty | B |
| Jatty | B |
| Fatty batty | B |
| Little cat | B |
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| C was once a little cow | C |
| Cowy | C |
| Bowy | D |
| Wowy | E |
| Howy | F |
| Powy cowy | C |
| Little cow | C |
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| D was once a little dog | C |
| Doggy | C |
| Woggy | C |
| Loggy | C |
| Doggy | C |
| Fasty runner | G |
| Little doggy | C |
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| E was once the whole wide earth | H |
| Earthy | C |
| Mearthy | C |
| Girthy | C |
| It gave birthy | C |
| To this new earthy | C |
| This whole wide earth | C |
| - | |
| G was once a little goat | B |
| Goaty | B |
| Woaty | B |
| Foaty | B |
| Goaty | B |
| Baa baa oaty | B |
| Little goat | B |
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| H was once a little hawk | C |
| Hawky | C |
| Lawky | C |
| Stawky | C |
| Hawky | C |
| Smawky hawky | C |
| Little hawk | C |
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| I was once a little iguana | I |
| Igy | J |
| Wigy | J |
| Ligy | J |
| Igy | J |
| Silly willy | C |
| Little iguana | I |
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| J was once a little juke box | B |
| Boxy | C |
| Koxy | C |
| Loxy | C |
| Boxy | C |
| Wide insidy | B |
| Little juke box | C |
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| K was once a little kit | B |
| Kitty | B |
| Bitty | B |
| Itty | B |
| Witty | B |
| Icky kitty | B |
| Little kit | B |
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| L was once little lion | K |
| Mindon | K |
| Gion | K |
| Bion | K |
| Sighon | K |
| Gooey zion | K |
| Little lion | K |
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| M is an 'm' you see | B |
| Memmy | L |
| Temmy | L |
| Semmy | L |
| Shemmy | L |
| Now 'm' is a moose you see | B |
| But she doesn't want to be | B |
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| O was once a little ox | C |
| Oxy | B |
| Woxy | B |
| Foxy | B |
| Noxy | B |
| Run run oxy | B |
| Little Ox | B |
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| P was once a plump old lady | B |
| Plumpy | M |
| Pumpy | M |
| Tunky | C |
| Wunky | C |
| Plumpy pumpy | M |
| Little old lady | B |
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| Q was once a little quail | N |
| Quaily | N |
| Scaly | N |
| Whaly | N |
| Quaily | N |
| Paly quaily | N |
| Little quail | N |
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| S was once a little snake | C |
| Snakey | C |
| Bakey | C |
| Kakey | C |
| Sakey | C |
| In a jungel | N |
| Little snake | C |
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| T was once a little turtle | N |
| Turtally | N |
| Urtally | N |
| Nurtally | N |
| Turtally | N |
| Murtally burtally | N |
| Little turtle | N |
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| U was once a little unicorn | K |
| Unicorny | K |
| Tricorny | K |
| Minocorny | K |
| Unicorny | K |
| In a barn | K |
| Little unicorn | K |
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| V was once a little van | K |
| Vanny | K |
| Flanny | K |
| Manny | K |
| Vanny | K |
| Drive really fasty | B |
| Little van | K |
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| W was once a little witch | O |
| Witchy | K |
| Twitchy | K |
| Cwitchy | K |
| Witchy | K |
| Fly real high | P |
| Little witch | K |
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| X was once a little x man | K |
| Mexman | K |
| Nexman | K |
| Pexman | K |
| Mexman | K |
| X man has big claws | B |
| Little x man | K |
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| Y was once a little yarn | K |
| Yarny | K |
| Carny | K |
| Larny | K |
| Yarny | K |
| Rolly yarny | K |
| Little yarn | K |
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| Z was once a little zucchini | K |
| Winey | K |
| Tiney | K |
| Liney | K |
| Winey | K |
| Tinky zinky | C |
| Little letter z | K |
Edward Lear
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