The Cat Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF AAGG HHII| Stop naughty pussy that's not fair | A |
| Jump down this minute from the chair | A |
| You've eaten my nice slice of bread | B |
| And here are only crumbs instead | B |
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| I for a minute left the room | C |
| To listen to the Buy a broom | C |
| And now I think it's quite too bad | D |
| That you my luncheon should have had | D |
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| Her mother said My dear if you | E |
| Had done what you were told to do | E |
| And put the plate upon the shelf | F |
| You might have had the bread yourself | F |
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| But if you have no thought nor care | A |
| And leave your luncheon on a chair | A |
| You must not blame poor pussy cat | G |
| She knows no better dear than that | G |
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| The one who left her bread about | H |
| Upon the chair while she went out | H |
| The one who hangs her head for shame | I |
| My little girl's the one to blame | I |
H. P. Nichols
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