Why The Mole Is Blind Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDD EEDDBB FFBBGGHH HHIIBB BBJJKK LLMMNN OOPPQQ RRPMMM JJSSPP TUBBVVEE| In days gone by when cows could fly | A |
| And goblins rode on bears | B |
| When fairies danced upon the green | C |
| And giants moped in lairs | B |
| There lived alone upon a shelf | D |
| A tinsie winsie little elf | D |
| - | |
| Just when the stars came out at night | E |
| And moonbeams filled the earth with light | E |
| Down from his perch this little elf | D |
| Would jump and wander by himself | D |
| He wore a pair of little wings | B |
| Tied in their place by golden strings | B |
| - | |
| One day he took a kind of notion | F |
| To take a trip upon the ocean | F |
| He combed his hair and washed his face | B |
| And put his little wings in place | B |
| Then from his shelf he softly stole | G |
| And went to see his friend the mole | G |
| Who gave to him a pea green boat | H |
| And guaranteed that it would float | H |
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| A funny thing about this boat | H |
| 'Twas patterned from a ten pound note | H |
| The little elf was greatly pleased | I |
| And laughed until he sneezed and sneezed | I |
| He launched his boat upon the sea | B |
| And kicked his little heels in glee | B |
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| The mole looked on in glad surprise | B |
| For in those days all moles had eyes | B |
| He shouted out a loud farewell | J |
| As the little row boat rose and fell | J |
| The elf picked up a golden oar | K |
| And soon lost sight of mole and shore | K |
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| The elf rowed out for quite a way | L |
| And in the waves did sport and play | L |
| Until at length the sun sank low | M |
| And then he thought it time to go | M |
| Now just as luck would have it then | N |
| A prowling sea gull left his den | N |
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| The savage sea gull loudly laughed | O |
| To see an elf in such a craft | O |
| And swooping down upon the water | P |
| He did a thing he hadn't oughter | P |
| For with his strong and sturdy beak | Q |
| He caused the boat to spring a leak | Q |
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| He said he longed for a little change | R |
| And the bank note boat was just in range | R |
| The poor young elf gave one big holler | P |
| Just as the sea gull made a swallow | M |
| And this is strange indeed to follow | M |
| For a gull himself is just a swallow | M |
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| The faithful mole heard this loud yell | J |
| And rushed down to the shore pell mell | J |
| Alas alas he was too late | S |
| And saw his friend's unhappy fate | S |
| He groaned and shrieked and tore his fur | P |
| And raised an awful din and stir | P |
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| The sea gull heard this awful racket | T |
| And seized the mole just like a packet | U |
| He carried him across the seas | B |
| To teach the young gulls A B C's | B |
| But the loving mole went blind with rage | V |
| And they had to put him in a cage | V |
| And ever since that fatal night | E |
| The moles have all been out of sight | E |
Edwin C. Ranck
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