A Naughty Little Comet Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL| There was a little comet who lived near the Milky Way | A |
| She loved to wander out at night and jump about and play | A |
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| The mother of the comet was a very good old star | B |
| She used to scold her reckless child for venturing out too far | B |
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| She told her of the ogre Sun who loved on stars to sup | C |
| And who asked no better pastime than in gobbling comets up | C |
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| But instead of growing cautious and of showing proper fear | D |
| The foolish little comet edged up nearer and more near | D |
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| She switched her saucy tail along right where the Sun could see | E |
| And flirted with old Mars and was as bold as bold could be | E |
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| She laughed to scorn the quiet stars who never frisked about | F |
| She said there was no fun in life unless you ventured out | F |
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| She liked to make the planets stare and wished no better mirth | G |
| Than just to see the telescopes aimed at her from the Earth | G |
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| She wondered how so many stars could mope through nights and days | H |
| And let the sickly faced old Moon get all the love and praise | H |
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| And as she talked and tossed her head and switched her shining trail | I |
| The staid old mother star grew sad her cheek grew wan and pale | I |
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| For she had lived there in the skies a million years or more | J |
| And she had heard gay comets talk in just this way before | J |
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| And by and by there came an end to this gay comet's fun | K |
| She went a tiny bit too far and vanished in the Sun | K |
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| No more she swings her shining trail before the whole world's sight | L |
| But quiet stars she laughed to scorn are twinkling every night | L |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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