The Jumblies Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDDCE FF GHGI A BJKKJLLMM GHGI A BNOONPPMM GHGI I DQMMQPPKK IIII I BRSSRTTIRIIII I UVWW XXII IIIII | A |
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They went to sea in a Sieve they did | B |
In a Sieve they went to sea | C |
In spite of all their friends could say | D |
On a winter's morn on a stormy day | D |
In a Sieve they went to sea | C |
And when the Sieve turned round and round | E |
And every one cried 'You'll all be drowned ' | - |
They called aloud 'Our Sieve ain't big | F |
But we don't care a button we don't care a fig | F |
In a Sieve we'll go to sea ' | - |
Far and few far and few | G |
Are the lands where the Jumblies live | H |
Their heads are green and their hands are blue | G |
And they went to sea in a Sieve | I |
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II | A |
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They sailed away in a Sieve they did | B |
In a Sieve they sailed so fast | J |
With only a beautiful pea green veil | K |
Tied with a riband by way of a sail | K |
To a small tobacco pipe mast | J |
And every one said who saw them go | L |
'O won't they be soon upset you know | L |
For the sky is dark and the voyage is long | M |
And happen what may it's extremely wrong | M |
In a Sieve to sail so fast ' | - |
Far and few far and few | G |
Are the lands where the Jumblies live | H |
Their heads are green and their hands are blue | G |
And they went to sea in a Sieve | I |
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III | A |
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The water it soon came in it did | B |
The water it soon came in | N |
So to keep them dry they wrapped their feet | O |
In a pinky paper all folded neat | O |
And they fastened it down with a pin | N |
And they passed the night in a crockery jar | P |
And each of them said 'How wise we are | P |
Though the sky be dark and the voyage be long | M |
Yet we never can think we were rash or wrong | M |
While round in our Sieve we spin ' | - |
Far and few far and few | G |
Are the lands where the Jumblies live | H |
Their heads are green and their hands are blue | G |
And they went to sea in a Sieve | I |
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IV | I |
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And all night long they sailed away | D |
And when the sun went down | Q |
They whistled and warbled a moony song | M |
To the echoing sound of a coppery gong | M |
In the shade of the mountains brown | Q |
'O Timballo How happy we are | P |
When we live in a Sieve and a crockery jar | P |
And all night long in the moonlight pale | K |
We sail away with a pea green sail | K |
In the shade of the mountains brown ' | - |
Far and few far and few | I |
Are the lands where the Jumblies live | I |
Their heads are green and their hands are blue | I |
And they went to sea in a Sieve | I |
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V | I |
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They sailed to the Western Sea they did | B |
To a land all covered with trees | R |
And they bought an Owl and a useful Cart | S |
And a pound of Rice and a Cranberry Tart | S |
And a hive of silvery Bees | R |
And they bought a Pig and some green Jack daws | T |
And a lovely Monkey with lollipop paws | T |
And forty bottles of Ring Bo Ree | I |
And no end of Stilton Cheese | R |
Far and few far and few | I |
Are the lands where the Jumblies live | I |
Their heads are green and their hands are blue | I |
And they went to sea in a Sieve | I |
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VI | I |
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And in twenty years they all came back | U |
In twenty years or more | V |
And every one said 'How tall they've grown | W |
For they've been to the Lakes and the Torrible Zone | W |
And the hills of the Chankly Bore ' | - |
And they drank their health and gave them a feast | X |
Of dumplings made of beautiful yeast | X |
And every one said 'If we only live | I |
We too will go to sea in a Sieve | I |
To the hills of the Chankly Bore ' | - |
Far and few far and few | I |
Are the lands where the Jumblies live | I |
Their heads are green and their hands are blue | I |
And they went to sea in a Sieve | I |
Edward Lear
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