Nonsense Alphabet 3 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCD A B EFGF E HIJI H KLML K HNON H PQRQ P STS S UVWV U SHXH S F YSSS F Y F ZA2SA2 F A2 SSSS S PSSS P SB2C2B2 S Z D2 Z S SE2SE2 S S A2 F2 G2 A2 F2 H2SSS S A2NSN A2 S HSZS S H A2 SI2J2I2 A2 S S K2SSS S K2 L2SFS L2 M2SUS M2 N2SK2S N2 S AN2O2N2 S A| A | A |
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| A was an ape | B |
| Who stole some white tape | B |
| And tied up his toes | C |
| In four beautiful bows | D |
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| a | A |
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| Funny old ape | B |
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| B was a bat | E |
| Who slept all the day | F |
| And fluttered about | G |
| When the sun went away | F |
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| Brown little bat | E |
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| C was a camel | H |
| You rode on his hump | I |
| And if you fell off | J |
| You came down such a bump | I |
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| What a high camel | H |
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| D was a dove | K |
| Who lived in a wood | L |
| With such pretty soft wings | M |
| And so gentle and good | L |
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| Dear little dove | K |
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| E was an eagle | H |
| Who sat on the rocks | N |
| And looked down on the fields | O |
| And the far away flocks | N |
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| Beautiful eagle | H |
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| F was a fan | P |
| Made of beautiful stuff | Q |
| And when it was used | R |
| It went puffy puff puff | Q |
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| Nice little fan | P |
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| G was a gooseberry | - |
| Perfectly red | S |
| To be made into jam | T |
| And eaten with bread | S |
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| Gooseberry red | S |
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| H | - |
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| H was a heron | U |
| Who stood in a stream | V |
| The length of his neck | W |
| And his legs was extreme | V |
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| Long legged heron | U |
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| I was an inkstand | S |
| Which stood on a table | H |
| With a nice pen to write with | X |
| When we are able | H |
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| Neat little inkstand | S |
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| J | F |
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| J was a jug | Y |
| So pretty and white | S |
| With fresh water in it | S |
| At morning and night | S |
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| j | F |
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| Nice little jug | Y |
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| K | F |
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| K was a kingfisher | Z |
| Quickly he flew | A2 |
| So bright and so pretty | S |
| Green purple and blue | A2 |
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| k | F |
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| Kingfisher blue | A2 |
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| L | - |
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| L was a lily | S |
| So white and so sweet | S |
| To see it and smell it | S |
| Was quite a nice treat | S |
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| Beautiful lily | S |
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| M was a man | P |
| Who walked round and round | S |
| And he wore a long coat | S |
| That came down to the ground | S |
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| Funny old man | P |
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| N was a nut | S |
| So smooth and so brown | B2 |
| And when it was ripe | C2 |
| It fell tumble dum down | B2 |
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| Nice little nut | S |
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| O was an oyster | Z |
| Who lived in his shell | - |
| If you let him alone | D2 |
| He felt perfectly well | - |
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| Open mouthed oyster | Z |
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| P | S |
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| P was a polly | S |
| All red blue and green | E2 |
| The most beautiful polly | S |
| That ever was seen | E2 |
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| p | S |
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| Poor little polly | S |
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| Q | A2 |
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| Q was a quill | F2 |
| Made into a pen | - |
| But I do not know where | G2 |
| And I cannot say when | - |
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| q | A2 |
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| Nice little quill | F2 |
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| R | - |
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| R was a rattlesnake | H2 |
| Rolled up so tight | S |
| Those who saw him ran quickly | S |
| For fear he should bite | S |
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| Rattlesnake bite | S |
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| S was a screw | A2 |
| To screw down a box | N |
| And then it was fastened | S |
| Without any locks | N |
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| Valuable screw | A2 |
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| T | S |
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| T was a thimble | H |
| Of silver so bright | S |
| When placed on the finger | Z |
| It fitted so tight | S |
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| t | S |
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| Nice little thimble | H |
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| U | A2 |
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| U was an upper coat | S |
| Woolly and warm | I2 |
| To wear over all | J2 |
| In the snow or the storm | I2 |
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| u | A2 |
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| What a nice upper coat | S |
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| V | S |
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| V was a veil | K2 |
| With a border upon it | S |
| And a ribbon to tie it | S |
| All round a pink bonnet | S |
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| v | S |
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| Pretty green veil | K2 |
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| W | - |
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| W was a watch | L2 |
| Where in letters of gold | S |
| The hour of the day | F |
| You might always behold | S |
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| Beautiful watch | L2 |
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| X was King Xerxes | M2 |
| Who wore on his head | S |
| A mighty large turban | U |
| Green yellow and red | S |
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| Look at King Xerxes | M2 |
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| Y | - |
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| Y was a yak | N2 |
| From the land of Thibet | S |
| Except his white tail | K2 |
| He was all black as jet | S |
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| Look at the yak | N2 |
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| Z | S |
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| Z was a zebra | A |
| All striped white and black | N2 |
| And if he were tame | O2 |
| You might ride on his back | N2 |
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| z | S |
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| Pretty striped zebra | A |
Edward Lear
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