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 S2KT2KS2| A 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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