The Owl And The Pussy-cat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDEDEEE A FGC CHCHHHH A G CIJKCKKKKI | A |
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The Owl and the Pussy cat went to sea | B |
In a beautiful pea green boat | C |
They took some honey and plenty of money | B |
Wrapped up in a five pound note | C |
The Owl looked up to the stars above | D |
And sang to a small guitar | E |
'O lovely Pussy O Pussy my love | D |
What a beautiful Pussy you are | E |
You are | E |
You are | E |
What a beautiful Pussy you are ' | - |
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II | A |
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Pussy said to the Owl 'You elegant fowl | F |
How charmingly sweet you sing | G |
O let us be married too long we have tarried | C |
But what shall we do for a ring ' | - |
They sailed away for a year and a day | C |
To the land where the Bong tree grows | H |
And there in a wood a Piggy wig stood | C |
With a ring at the end of his nose | H |
His nose | H |
His nose | H |
With a ring at the end of his nose | H |
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III | A |
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'Dear pig are you willing to sell for one shilling | G |
Your ring 'Said the Piggy 'I will ' | - |
So they took it away and were married next day | C |
By the Turkey who lives on the hill | I |
They dined on mince and slices of quince | J |
Which they ate with a runcible spoon | K |
And hand in hand on the edge of the sand | C |
They danced by the light of the moon | K |
The moon | K |
The moon | K |
They danced by the light of the moon | K |
Edward Lear
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