The Rude Rat And The Unostentatious Oyster Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJEKE LBMBNEOE LPQPRESE TGUGVEWE| Upon the shore a mile or more | A |
| From traffic and confusion | B |
| An oyster dwelt because he felt | C |
| A longing for seclusion | B |
| Said he I love the stillness of | D |
| This spot It's like a cloister | E |
| These words I quote because you note | F |
| They rhyme so well with oyster | E |
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| A prying rat believing that | G |
| She needed change of diet | H |
| In search of such disturbed this much | I |
| To be desired quiet | H |
| To say the least this tactless beast | J |
| Was apt to rudely roister | E |
| She tapped his shell and called him well | K |
| A name that hurt the oyster | E |
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| I see she cried you're open wide | L |
| And searching for a reason | B |
| September's here and so it's clear | M |
| That oysters are in season | B |
| She smiled a smile that showed this style | N |
| Of badinage rejoiced her | E |
| Advanced a pace with easy grace | O |
| And sniffed the silent oyster | E |
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| The latter's pride was sorely tried | L |
| He thought of what he could say | P |
| Reflected what the common lot | Q |
| Of vulgar molluscs would say | P |
| Then caught his breath grew pale as death | R |
| And as his brow turned moister | E |
| Began to close and nipped her nose | S |
| Superb dramatic oyster | E |
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| We note with joy that oi polloi | T |
| Whom maidens bite the thumb at | G |
| Are apt to try some weak reply | U |
| To things they should be dumb at | G |
| THE MORAL then for crafty men | V |
| Is When a maid has voiced her | E |
| Contemptuous heart don't think you're smart | W |
| But shut up like the oyster | E |
Guy Wetmore Carryl
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