The Pobble Who Has No Toes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC DDB A BEBEFGB A HIHIJJB KELEMMNO PQBQLLBB BRSRTTB| I | A |
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| The Pobble who has no toes | B |
| Had once as many as we | C |
| When they said 'Some day you may lose them all ' | - |
| He replied 'Fish fiddle de dee ' | - |
| And his Aunt Jobiska made him drink | D |
| Lavender water tinged with pink | D |
| For she said 'The World in general knows | B |
| There's nothing so good for a Pobble's toes ' | - |
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| II | A |
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| The Pobble who has no toes | B |
| Swam across the Bristol Channel | E |
| But before he set out he wrapped his nose | B |
| In a piece of scarlet flannel | E |
| For his Aunt Jobiska said 'No harm | F |
| 'Can come to his toes if his nose is warm | G |
| 'And it's perfectly known that a Pobble's toes | B |
| 'Are safe provided he minds his nose ' | - |
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| III | A |
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| The Pobble swam fast and well | H |
| And when boats or ships came near him | I |
| He tinkedly binkledy winkled a bell | H |
| So that all the world could hear him | I |
| And all the Sailors and Admirals cried | J |
| When they saw him nearing the further side | J |
| 'He has gone to fish for his Aunt Jobiska's | B |
| 'Runcible Cat with crimson whiskers ' | - |
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| IV | - |
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| But before he touched the shore | K |
| The shore of the Bristol Channel | E |
| A sea green Porpoise carried away | L |
| His wrapper of scarlet flannel | E |
| And when he came to observe his feet | M |
| Formerly garnished with toes so neat | M |
| His face at once became forlorn | N |
| On perceiving that all his toes were gone | O |
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| V | - |
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| And nobody ever knew | P |
| From that dark day to the present | Q |
| Whoso had taken the Pobble's toes | B |
| In a manner so far from pleasant | Q |
| Whether the shrimps or crawfish gray | L |
| Or crafty Mermaids stole them away | L |
| Nobody knew and nobody knows | B |
| How the Pebble was robbed of his twice five toes | B |
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| VI | - |
| - | |
| The Pobble who has no toes | B |
| Was placed in a friendly Bark | R |
| And they rowed him back and carried him up | S |
| To his Aunt Jobiska's Park | R |
| And she made him a feast at his earnest wish | T |
| Of eggs and buttercups fried with fish | T |
| And she said 'It's a fact the whole world knows | B |
| 'That Pebbles are happier without their toes ' | - |
Edward Lear
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The Pobble Who Has No Toes is a poem by Edward Lear. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
