The Quangle Wangle's Hat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDDEEA FBFBBBGGA BBBBCCHHI BJBJKKCCB LMLMNNNNI NBIBOOBBK| I | A |
| On the top of the Crumpetty Tree | B |
| The Quangle Wangle sat | C |
| But his face you could not see | B |
| On account of his Beaver Hat | C |
| For his Hat was a hundred and two feet wide | D |
| With ribbons and bibbons on every side | D |
| And bells and buttons and loops and lace | E |
| So that nobody every could see the face | E |
| Of the Quangle Wangle Quee II | A |
| - | |
| The Quangle Wangle said | F |
| To himself on the Crumpetty Tree | B |
| Jam and jelly and bread | F |
| Are the best of food for me | B |
| But the longer I live on this Crumpetty Tree | B |
| The plainer than ever it seems to me | B |
| That very few people come this way | G |
| And that life on the whole is far from gay | G |
| Said the Quangle Wangle Quee III | A |
| - | |
| But there came to the Crumpetty Tree | B |
| Mr and Mrs Canary | B |
| And they said Did every you see | B |
| Any spot so charmingly airy | B |
| May we build a nest on your lovely Hat | C |
| Mr Quangle Wangle grant us that | C |
| O please let us come and build a nest | H |
| Of whatever material suits you best | H |
| Mr Quangle Wangle Quee IV | I |
| - | |
| And besides to the Crumpetty Tree | B |
| Came the Stork the Duck and the Owl | J |
| The Snail and the Bumble Bee | B |
| The Frog and the Fimble Fowl | J |
| The Fimble Fowl with a corkscrew leg | K |
| And all of them said We humbly beg | K |
| We may build out homes on your lovely Hat | C |
| Mr Quangle Wangle grant us that | C |
| Mr Quangle Wangle Quee V | B |
| - | |
| And the Golden Grouse came there | L |
| And the Pobble who has no toes | M |
| And the small Olympian bear | L |
| And the Dong with a luminous nose | M |
| And the Blue Baboon who played the Flute | N |
| And the Orient Calf from the Land of Tute | N |
| And the Attery Squash and the Bisky Bat | N |
| All came and built on the lovely Hat | N |
| Of the Quangle Wangle Quee VI | I |
| - | |
| And the Quangle Wangle said | N |
| To himself on the Crumpetty Tree | B |
| When all these creatures move | I |
| What a wonderful noise there'll be | B |
| And at night by the light of the Mulberry moon | O |
| They danced to the Flute of the Blue Baboon | O |
| On the broad green leaves of the Crumpetty Tree | B |
| And all were as happy as happy could be | B |
| With the Quangle Wangle Quee | K |
Edward Lear
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