Nonsense Alphabet 1 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDC AB EFGF E HHII H JKLK J MNON N PQRQ P STCT S HUVU H V WWXX VW XTXT T XXVV X XXYY X CCXX C R X L RX ZX X X A2A2 A2 F IIB2B2 FI XXC2C2 X D2 L E2K K K F F2XLX FF2 ACLC A IIG2G2 I GH2I2I2 G XX J2XJ2X J2| 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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| 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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| 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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| Dear little duck | J |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| All through the town | T |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Nice little net | X |
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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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| 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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| 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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| Nippity nee | - |
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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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| 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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| Monstrous old whale | I |
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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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| 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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| 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 |
Edward Lear
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