The Unusual Goose And The Imbecilic Woodcutter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHIHI JKJKLIMI MNMNOPOP IQIQ| A woodcutter bought him a gander | A |
| Or at least that was what he supposed | B |
| As a matter of fact 'twas a slander | A |
| As a later occurrence disclosed | B |
| For they locked the bird up in the garret | C |
| To fatten the while it grew old | D |
| And it laid there a twenty two carat | E |
| Fine egg of the purest of gold | D |
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| There was much unaffected rejoicing | F |
| In the home of the woodcutter then | G |
| And his wife her exuberance voicing | F |
| Proclaimed him most lucky of men | G |
| 'Tis an omen of fortune this gold egg | H |
| She said and of practical use | I |
| For this fowl doesn't lay any old egg | H |
| She's a highly superior goose | I |
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| Twas this creature's habitual custom | J |
| This laying of superfine eggs | K |
| And they made it their practice to dust 'em | J |
| And pack them by dozens in kegs | K |
| But the woodcutter's mind being vapid | L |
| And his foolishness more than profuse | I |
| In order to get them more rapid | M |
| He slaughtered the innocent goose | I |
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| He made her a gruel of acid | M |
| Which she very obligingly ate | N |
| And at once with a touchingly placid | M |
| Demeanor succumbed to her fate | N |
| With affection that passed the platonic | O |
| They buried her under the moss | P |
| And her epitaph wasn't ironic | O |
| In stating We mourn for our loss | P |
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| And THE MORAL It isn't much use | I |
| As the woodcutter found to be true | Q |
| To lay for an innocent goose | I |
| Just because she is laying for you | Q |
Guy Wetmore Carryl
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