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 AA | 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 | - |
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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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b | - |
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Brown little bat | E |
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C | - |
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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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c | - |
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What a high camel | H |
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D | - |
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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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d | - |
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Dear little dove | K |
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E | - |
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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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e | - |
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Beautiful eagle | H |
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F | - |
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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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f | - |
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Nice little fan | P |
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G | - |
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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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g | - |
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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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h | - |
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Long legged heron | U |
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I | - |
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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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i | - |
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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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l | - |
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Beautiful lily | S |
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M | - |
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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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m | - |
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Funny old man | P |
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N | - |
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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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n | - |
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Nice little nut | S |
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O | - |
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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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o | - |
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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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r | - |
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Rattlesnake bite | S |
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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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s | - |
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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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w | - |
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Beautiful watch | L2 |
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X | - |
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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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x | - |
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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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y | - |
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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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