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Nonsense Alphabet 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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A	A
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A was an ant	B
Who seldom stood still	C
And who made a nice house	D
In the side of a hill	C
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a	A
Nice little ant	B
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B	-
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B was a book	E
With a binding of blue	F
And pictures and stories	G
For me and for you	F
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b	-
Nice little book	E
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C	-
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C was a cat	H
Who ran after a rat	H
But his courage did fail	I
When she seized on his tail	I
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c	-
Crafty old cat	H
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D	-
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D was a duck	J
With spots on his back	K
Who lived in the water	L
And always said Quack	K
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d	-
Dear little duck	J
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E	-
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E was an elephant	M
Stately and wise	N
He had tusks and a trunk	O
And two queer little eyes	N
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e	-
Oh what funny small eyes	N
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F	-
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F was a fish	P
Who was caught in a net	Q
But he got out again	R
And is quite alive yet	Q
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f	-
Lively young fish	P
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G	-
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G was a goat	S
Who was spotted with brown	T
When he did not lie still	C
He walked up and down	T
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g	-
Good little goat	S
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H	-
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H was a hat	H
Which was all on one side	U
Its crown was too high	V
And its brim was too wide	U
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h	-
Oh what a hat	H
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I	V
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I was some ice	W
So white and so nice	W
But which nobody tasted	X
And so it was wasted	X
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i	V
All that good ice	W
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J	-
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J was a jackdaw	X
Who hopped up and down	T
In the principal street	X
Of a neighboring town	T
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j	-
All through the town	T
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K	-
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K was a kite	X
Which flew out of sight	X
Above houses so high	V
Quite into the sky	V
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k	-
Fly away kite	X
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L	-
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L was a light	X
Which burned all the night	X
And lighted the gloom	Y
Of a very dark room	Y
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l	-
Useful nice light	X
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M	-
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M was a mill	C
Which stood on a hill	C
And turned round and round	X
With a loud hummy sound	X
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m	-
Useful old mill	C
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N	R
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N was a net	X
Which was thrown in the sea	-
To catch fish for dinner	L
For you and for me	-
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n	R
Nice little net	X
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O	-
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O was an orange	Z
So yellow and round	X
When it fell off the tree	-
It fell down to the ground	X
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o	-
Down to the ground	X
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P	-
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P was a pig	A2
Who was not very big	A2
But his tail was too curly	-
And that made him surly	-
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p	-
Cross little pig	A2
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Q	F
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Q was a quail	I
With a very short tail	I
And he fed upon corn	B2
In the evening and morn	B2
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q	F
Quaint little quail	I
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R	-
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R was a rabbit	X
Who had a bad habit	X
Of eating the flowers	C2
In gardens and bowers	C2
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r	-
Naughty fat rabbit	X
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S	-
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S was the sugar tongs	D2
Nippity nee	-
To take up the sugar	L
To put in our tea	-
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s	-
Nippity nee	-
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T	-
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T was a tortoise	E2
All yellow and black	K
He walked slowly away	-
And he never came back	K
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t	-
Torty never came back	K
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U	F
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U was an urn	F2
All polished and bright	X
And full of hot water	L
At noon and at night	X
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u	F
Useful old urn	F2
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V	-
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V was a villa	A
Which stood on a hill	C
By the side of a river	L
And close to a mill	C
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v	-
Nice little villa	A
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W	-
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W was a whale	I
With a very long tail	I
Whose movements were frantic	G2
Across the Atlantic	G2
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w	-
Monstrous old whale	I
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X	-
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X was King Xerxes	G
Who more than all Turks is	H2
Renowned for his fashion	I2
Of fury and passion	I2
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x	-
Angry old Xerxes	G
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Y	-
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Y was a yew	-
Which flourished and grew	-
By a quiet abode	X
Near the side of a road	X
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y	-
Dark little yew	-
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Z	-
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Z was some zinc	J2
So shiny and bright	X
Which caused you to wink	J2
In the sun's merry light	X
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z	-
Beautiful zinc	J2