The Table And The Chair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDD B A EED AAF A GGHHIIBI | A |
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Said the Table to the Chair | B |
'You can hardly be aware | B |
'How I suffer from the heat | C |
'And from chilblains on my feet | C |
'If we took a little walk | D |
'We might have a little talk | D |
'Pray let us take the air ' | - |
Said the Table to the Chair | B |
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II | A |
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Said the Chair to the table | E |
'Now you know we are not able | E |
'How foolishly you talk | D |
'When you know we cannot walk ' | - |
Said the Table with a sigh | A |
'It can do no harm to try | A |
'I've as many legs as you | F |
'Why can't we walk on two ' | - |
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III | A |
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So they both went slowly down | G |
And walked about the town | G |
With a cheerful bumpy sound | H |
As they toddled round and round | H |
And everybody cried | I |
As they hastened to the side | I |
'See the Table and the Chair | B |
'Have come out to take the air ' | - |
Edward Lear
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