The Table And The Chair Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDD B A EED AAF A GGHHIIB| I | A |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| II | A |
| - | |
| 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 ' | - |
| - | |
| III | A |
| - | |
| 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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