Nonsense Alphabet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBA DEFED GHIHG JKL J MNONN PQRQP STBTS DUVUD WWXXW YZA2ZY ZZVVZB2C2A2C2B2 D2E2SE2D2 QB2LB2Q F2E2B2E2E2 B2G2B2G2B2H2H2I2I2H2 J2J2K2K2J2 L2B2LB2B2 M2KEKK N2ZLZN2 H2A2A2J2H2 O2P2EP2O2 Q2Q2R2R2Q2 S2KT2KS2A was an ant | A |
Who seldom stood still | B |
And who made a nice house | C |
In the side of a hill | B |
Nice little ant | A |
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B was a bat | D |
Who slept all the day | E |
And fluttered about | F |
When the sun went away | E |
Brown little bat | D |
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C was a camel | G |
You rode on his hump | H |
And if you fell off | I |
You came down such a bump | H |
What a high camel | G |
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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 ' | - |
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 |
Oh what funny small eyes | N |
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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 |
Lively young fish | P |
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G was a goat | S |
Who was spotted with brown | T |
When he did not lie still | B |
He walked up and down | T |
Good little goat | S |
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H was a hat | D |
Which was all on one side | U |
Its crown was too high | V |
And its brim was too wide | U |
Oh what a hat | D |
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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 |
All that good ice | W |
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J was a jug | Y |
So pretty and white | Z |
With fresh water in it | A2 |
At morning and night | Z |
Nice little jug | Y |
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K was a kite | Z |
Which flew out of sight | Z |
Above houses so high | V |
Quite into the sky | V |
Fly away kite | Z |
L was a lily | B2 |
So white and so sweet | C2 |
To see it and smell it | A2 |
Was quite a nice treat | C2 |
Beautiful lily | B2 |
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M was a man | D2 |
Who walked round and round | E2 |
And he wore a long coat | S |
That came down to the ground | E2 |
Funny old man | D2 |
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N was a net | Q |
Which was thrown In the sea | B2 |
To catch fish for dinner | L |
For you and for me | B2 |
Nice little net | Q |
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O was an orange | F2 |
So yellow and round | E2 |
When it fell off the tree | B2 |
It fell down to the ground | E2 |
Down to the ground | E2 |
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P was a polly | B2 |
All red blue and green | G2 |
The most beautiful polly | B2 |
That ever was seen | G2 |
Poor little polly | B2 |
Q was a quail | H2 |
With a very short tail | H2 |
And he fed upon corn | I2 |
In the evening and morn | I2 |
Quaint little quail | H2 |
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R was a rabbit | J2 |
Who had a bad habit | J2 |
Of eating the flowers | K2 |
In gardens and bowers | K2 |
Naughty fat rabbit | J2 |
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S was the sugar tongs | L2 |
Nippity nee | B2 |
To take up the sugar | L |
To put in our tea | B2 |
Nippity nee | B2 |
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T was a tortoise | M2 |
All yellow and black | K |
He walked slowly away | E |
And he never came back | K |
Torty never came back | K |
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U was an urn | N2 |
All polished and bright | Z |
And full of hot water | L |
At noon and at night | Z |
Useful old urn | N2 |
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V was a veil | H2 |
With a border upon it | A2 |
And a ribbon to tie it | A2 |
All round a pink bonnet | J2 |
Pretty green veil | H2 |
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W was a watch | O2 |
Where in letters of gold | P2 |
The hour of the day | E |
You might always behold | P2 |
Beautiful watch | O2 |
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Y was a yew | Q2 |
Which flourished and grew | Q2 |
By a quiet abode | R2 |
Near the side of a road | R2 |
Dark little yew | Q2 |
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Z was a zebra | S2 |
All striped white and black | K |
And if he were tame | T2 |
You might ride on his back | K |
Pretty striped zebra | S2 |
Edward Lear
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