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

AA
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A was an apeB
Who stole some white tapeB
And tied up his toesC
In four beautiful bowsD
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aA
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Funny old apeB
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B-
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B was a batE
Who slept all the dayF
And fluttered aboutG
When the sun went awayF
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b-
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Brown little batE
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C-
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C was a camelH
You rode on his humpI
And if you fell offJ
You came down such a bumpI
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c-
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What a high camelH
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D-
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D was a doveK
Who lived in a woodL
With such pretty soft wingsM
And so gentle and goodL
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d-
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Dear little doveK
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E-
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E was an eagleH
Who sat on the rocksN
And looked down on the fieldsO
And the far away flocksN
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e-
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Beautiful eagleH
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F-
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F was a fanP
Made of beautiful stuffQ
And when it was usedR
It went puffy puff puffQ
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f-
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Nice little fanP
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G-
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G was a gooseberry-
Perfectly redS
To be made into jamT
And eaten with breadS
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g-
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Gooseberry redS
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H-
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H was a heronU
Who stood in a streamV
The length of his neckW
And his legs was extremeV
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h-
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Long legged heronU
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I-
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I was an inkstandS
Which stood on a tableH
With a nice pen to write withX
When we are ableH
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i-
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Neat little inkstandS
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JF
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J was a jugY
So pretty and whiteS
With fresh water in itS
At morning and nightS
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jF
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Nice little jugY
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KF
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K was a kingfisherZ
Quickly he flewA2
So bright and so prettyS
Green purple and blueA2
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kF
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Kingfisher blueA2
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L-
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L was a lilyS
So white and so sweetS
To see it and smell itS
Was quite a nice treatS
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l-
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Beautiful lilyS
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M-
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M was a manP
Who walked round and roundS
And he wore a long coatS
That came down to the groundS
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m-
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Funny old manP
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N-
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N was a nutS
So smooth and so brownB2
And when it was ripeC2
It fell tumble dum downB2
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n-
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Nice little nutS
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O-
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O was an oysterZ
Who lived in his shell-
If you let him aloneD2
He felt perfectly well-
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o-
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Open mouthed oysterZ
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PS
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P was a pollyS
All red blue and greenE2
The most beautiful pollyS
That ever was seenE2
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pS
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Poor little pollyS
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QA2
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Q was a quillF2
Made into a pen-
But I do not know whereG2
And I cannot say when-
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qA2
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Nice little quillF2
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R-
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R was a rattlesnakeH2
Rolled up so tightS
Those who saw him ran quicklyS
For fear he should biteS
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r-
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Rattlesnake biteS
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S-
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S was a screwA2
To screw down a boxN
And then it was fastenedS
Without any locksN
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s-
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Valuable screwA2
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TS
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T was a thimbleH
Of silver so brightS
When placed on the fingerZ
It fitted so tightS
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tS
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Nice little thimbleH
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UA2
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U was an upper coatS
Woolly and warmI2
To wear over allJ2
In the snow or the stormI2
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uA2
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What a nice upper coatS
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VS
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V was a veilK2
With a border upon itS
And a ribbon to tie itS
All round a pink bonnetS
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vS
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Pretty green veilK2
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W-
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W was a watchL2
Where in letters of goldS
The hour of the dayF
You might always beholdS
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w-
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Beautiful watchL2
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X-
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X was King XerxesM2
Who wore on his headS
A mighty large turbanU
Green yellow and redS
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x-
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Look at King XerxesM2
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Y-
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Y was a yakN2
From the land of ThibetS
Except his white tailK2
He was all black as jetS
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y-
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Look at the yakN2
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ZS
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Z was a zebraA
All striped white and blackN2
And if he were tameO2
You might ride on his backN2
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zS
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Pretty striped zebraA

Edward Lear



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