Calico Pie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A AABC CBDDB A EEBFFFBDDB A GGBAAABDDB HHBFFFBDDB| I | A |
| - | |
| Calico Pie | A |
| The little Birds fly | A |
| Down to the calico tree | B |
| Their wings were blue | C |
| And they sang 'Tilly loo ' | - |
| Till away they flew | C |
| And they never came back to me | B |
| They never came back | D |
| They never came back | D |
| They never came back to me | B |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| Calico Jam | E |
| The little Fish swam | E |
| Over the syllabub sea | B |
| He took off his hat | F |
| To the Sole and the Sprat | F |
| And the Willeby Wat | F |
| But he never came back to me | B |
| He never came back | D |
| He never came back | D |
| He never came back to me | B |
| - | |
| III | A |
| - | |
| Calico Ban | G |
| The little Mice ran | G |
| To be ready in time for tea | B |
| Flippity flup | A |
| They drank it all up | A |
| And danced in the cup | A |
| But they never came back to me | B |
| They never came back | D |
| They never came back | D |
| They never came back to me | B |
| - | |
| IV | - |
| - | |
| Calico Drum | H |
| The Grasshoppers come | H |
| The Butterfly Beetle and Bee | B |
| Over the ground | F |
| Around and around | F |
| With a hop and a bound | F |
| But they never came back to me | B |
| They never came back | D |
| They never came back | D |
| They never came back to me | B |
Edward Lear
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