The Dinkey Bird Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EEEECDCD AFAFCDCD DGDGHFHF ABABCDCD IJIJCDCD| In an ocean 'way out yonder | A |
| As all sapient people know | B |
| Is the land of Wonder Wander | A |
| Whither children love to go | B |
| It's their playing romping swinging | C |
| That give great joy to me | D |
| While the Dinkey Bird goes singing | C |
| In the amfalula tree | D |
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| There the gum drops grow like cherries | E |
| And taffy's thick as peas | E |
| Caramels you pick like berries | E |
| When and where and how you please | E |
| Big red sugar plums are clinging | C |
| To the cliffs beside that sea | D |
| Where the Dinkey Bird is singing | C |
| In the amfalula tree | D |
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| So when children shout and scamper | A |
| And make merry all the day | F |
| When there's naught to put a damper | A |
| To the ardor of their play | F |
| When I hear their laughter ringing | C |
| Then I'm sure as sure can be | D |
| That the Dinkey Bird is singing | C |
| In the amfalula tree | D |
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| For the Dinkey Bird's bravuras | D |
| And staccatos are so sweet | G |
| His roulades appoggiaturas | D |
| And robustos so complete | G |
| That the youth of every nation | H |
| Be they near or far away | F |
| Have especial delectation | H |
| In that gladsome roundelay | F |
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| Their eyes grow bright and brighter | A |
| Their lungs begin to crow | B |
| Their hearts get light and lighter | A |
| And their cheeks are all aglow | B |
| For an echo cometh bringing | C |
| The news to all and me | D |
| That the Dinkey Bird is singing | C |
| In the amfalula tree | D |
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| I'm sure you like to go there | I |
| To see your feathered friend | J |
| And so many goodies grow there | I |
| You would like to comprehend | J |
| Speed little dreams your winging | C |
| To that land across the sea | D |
| Where the Dinkey Bird is singing | C |
| In the amfalula tree | D |
Eugene Field
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