The Song Of Quoodle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAAB ACAAAC DEDDDE AAFFFA AGAAAGThey haven't got no noses | A |
The fallen sons of Eve | B |
Even the smell of roses | A |
Is not what they supposes | A |
But more than mind discloses | A |
And more than men believe | B |
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They haven't got no noses | A |
They cannot even tell | C |
When door and darkness closes | A |
The park a Jew encloses | A |
Where even the law of Moses | A |
Will let you steal a smell | C |
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The brilliant smell of water | D |
The brave smell of a stone | E |
The smell of dew and thunder | D |
The old bones buried under | D |
Are things in which they blunder | D |
And err if left alone | E |
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The wind from winter forests | A |
The scent of scentless flowers | A |
The breath of brides' adorning | F |
The smell of snare and warning | F |
The smell of Sunday morning | F |
God gave to us for ours | A |
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And Quoodle here discloses | A |
All things that Quoodle can | G |
They haven't got no noses | A |
They haven't got no noses | A |
And goodness only knowses | A |
The Noselessness of Man | G |
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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