The Needle And Thread Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DE E FGAG HIJ KLML NOAO| The Needle and Thread one day were wed | A |
| The Thimble acted as priest | B |
| A paper of Pins and the Scissors twins | C |
| Were among the guests at the feast | B |
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| That dandy trim the Bodkin slim | D |
| Danced with Miss Tape measure | E |
| But he stepped on her trail and she called him 'a whale ' | - |
| And that put an end to their pleasure | E |
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| Wrinkled and fat the Beeswax sat | F |
| And talked with the Needle case | G |
| 'I am glad ' she said 'that my niece the Thread | A |
| Has married into this race | G |
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| 'Her mother the Spool was a dull old fool | H |
| And the Needle and Thread were shy | I |
| The result you see came all through me | J |
| I taught her to catch his eye ' | - |
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| The Emery ball just there had a fall | K |
| She had danced too long at one time | L |
| And that put a stop to the merry hop | M |
| And that brings an end to my rhyme | L |
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| The groom and the bride took their wedding ride | N |
| Down a long white seam to the shore | O |
| And the guests all said there never was wed | A |
| So fair a couple before | O |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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