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 antA
Who seldom stood stillB
And who made a nice houseC
In the side of a hillB
Nice little antA
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B was a batD
Who slept all the dayE
And fluttered aboutF
When the sun went awayE
Brown little batD
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C was a camelG
You rode on his humpH
And if you fell offI
You came down such a bumpH
What a high camelG
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D was a duckJ
With spots on his backK
Who lived in the waterL
And always said 'Quack '-
Dear little duckJ
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E was an elephantM
Stately and wiseN
He had tusks and a trunkO
And two queer little eyesN
Oh what funny small eyesN
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F was a fishP
Who was caught in a netQ
But he got out againR
And is quite alive yetQ
Lively young fishP
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G was a goatS
Who was spotted with brownT
When he did not lie stillB
He walked up and downT
Good little goatS
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H was a hatD
Which was all on one sideU
Its crown was too highV
And its brim was too wideU
Oh what a hatD
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I was some iceW
So white and so niceW
But which nobody tastedX
And so it was wastedX
All that good iceW
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J was a jugY
So pretty and whiteZ
With fresh water in itA2
At morning and nightZ
Nice little jugY
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K was a kiteZ
Which flew out of sightZ
Above houses so highV
Quite into the skyV
Fly away kiteZ
L was a lilyB2
So white and so sweetC2
To see it and smell itA2
Was quite a nice treatC2
Beautiful lilyB2
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M was a manD2
Who walked round and roundE2
And he wore a long coatS
That came down to the groundE2
Funny old manD2
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N was a netQ
Which was thrown In the seaB2
To catch fish for dinnerL
For you and for meB2
Nice little netQ
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O was an orangeF2
So yellow and roundE2
When it fell off the treeB2
It fell down to the groundE2
Down to the groundE2
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P was a pollyB2
All red blue and greenG2
The most beautiful pollyB2
That ever was seenG2
Poor little pollyB2
Q was a quailH2
With a very short tailH2
And he fed upon cornI2
In the evening and mornI2
Quaint little quailH2
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R was a rabbitJ2
Who had a bad habitJ2
Of eating the flowersK2
In gardens and bowersK2
Naughty fat rabbitJ2
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S was the sugar tongsL2
Nippity neeB2
To take up the sugarL
To put in our teaB2
Nippity neeB2
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T was a tortoiseM2
All yellow and blackK
He walked slowly awayE
And he never came backK
Torty never came backK
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U was an urnN2
All polished and brightZ
And full of hot waterL
At noon and at nightZ
Useful old urnN2
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V was a veilH2
With a border upon itA2
And a ribbon to tie itA2
All round a pink bonnetJ2
Pretty green veilH2
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W was a watchO2
Where in letters of goldP2
The hour of the dayE
You might always beholdP2
Beautiful watchO2
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Y was a yewQ2
Which flourished and grewQ2
By a quiet abodeR2
Near the side of a roadR2
Dark little yewQ2
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Z was a zebraS2
All striped white and blackK
And if he were tameT2
You might ride on his backK
Pretty striped zebraS2

Edward Lear



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