The Duel Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCACC DEEEFFEGG GGAAHHGCC AAIIJJAEE| The gingham dog and the calico cat | A |
| Side by side on the table sat | A |
| 'T was half past twelve and what do you think | B |
| Nor one nor t' other had slept a wink | B |
| The old Dutch clock and the Chinese plate | C |
| Appeared to know as sure as fate | C |
| There was going to be a terrible spat | A |
| I wasn't there I simply state | C |
| What was told to me by the Chinese plate | C |
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| The gingham dog went bow wow wow | D |
| And the calico cat replied mee ow | E |
| The air was littered an hour or so | E |
| With bits of gingham and calico | E |
| While the old Dutch clock in the chimney place | F |
| Up with its hands before its face | F |
| For it always dreaded a family row | E |
| Now mind I'm only telling you | G |
| What the old Dutch clock declares is true | G |
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| The Chinese plate looked very blue | G |
| And wailed Oh dear what shall we do | G |
| But the gingham dog and the calico cat | A |
| Wallowed this way and tumbled that | A |
| Employing every tooth and claw | H |
| In the awfullest way you ever saw | H |
| And oh how the gingham and calico flew | G |
| Don't fancy I exaggerate | C |
| I got my news from the Chinese plate | C |
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| Next morning where the two had sat | A |
| They found no trace of dog or cat | A |
| And some folks think unto this day | I |
| That burglars stole that pair away | I |
| But the truth about the cat and pup | J |
| Is this they ate each other up | J |
| Now what do you really think of that | A |
| The old Dutch clock it told me so | E |
| And that is how I came to know | E |
Eugene Field
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