The Quangle Wangle's Hat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBCDDEEF A GBGBBBH F A BBBBCCII BJBJFFCC B KLKLMMMMF MB NNBBF| I | A |
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| 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 ever could see the face | E |
| Of the Quangle Wangle Quee | F |
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| II | A |
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| The Quangle Wangle said | G |
| To himself on the Crumpetty Tree | B |
| 'Jam and jelly and bread | G |
| 'Are the best food for me | B |
| 'But the longer I live on this Crumpetty Tree | B |
| 'The plainer that ever it seems to me | B |
| 'That very few people come this way | H |
| 'And that life on the whole is far from gay ' | - |
| Said the Quangle Wangle Quee | F |
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| III | A |
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| But there came to the Crumpetty Tree | B |
| Mr and Mrs Canary | B |
| And they said 'Did you ever 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 | I |
| 'Of whatever material suits you best | I |
| 'Mr Quangle Wangle Quee ' | - |
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| IV | - |
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| And besides to the Crumetty Tree | B |
| Came the Stork the Duck and the Owl | J |
| The Snail and the Bumble Bee | B |
| The Frog and theFimble Fowl | J |
| The Fimble Fowl with a Corkscrew leg | F |
| And all of them said We humblyy beg | F |
| 'We may build our homes on your lovely Hat | C |
| 'Mr Quangle Wangle grant us that | C |
| 'Mr Quangle Wangle Quee ' | - |
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| V | B |
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| And the Golden Grouse came there | K |
| And the Pobble who has no toes | L |
| And the small Olympian bear | K |
| And the Dong with a luminous nose | L |
| And the Blue Babboon who played the flute | M |
| And the Orient Calf from the Land of Tute | M |
| And the Attery Squash and the Bisky Bat | M |
| All came and built on the lovely Hat | M |
| Of the Quangle Wangle Quee | F |
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| VI | - |
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| And the Quangle Wangle said | M |
| To himself on the Crumpetty Tree | B |
| 'When all these creatures move | - |
| 'What a wonderful noise there'll be ' | - |
| And at night by the light of the Mulberry moon | N |
| They danced to the flute of the Blue Babboon | N |
| 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 | F |
Edward Lear
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