The Meddlesome Child Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JKBK LBMB NONO| Little Lucy was left in the room once alone | A |
| Where the table was set out for tea | B |
| She looked all around and she thought to herself | C |
| That no one was there who could see | B |
| - | |
| Then she climbed on a chair and took off the top | D |
| Of the sugar bowl shining and bright | E |
| And there were the lumps of the sugar she loved | F |
| All looking so nice and so white | E |
| - | |
| Then she said to herself Mamma never will know | G |
| If I take away only just one | H |
| So she took it and ate it it tasted so good | I |
| She thought But one more and I've done | H |
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| But while she was reaching her hand out for more | J |
| The chair slipped away from her feet | K |
| And poor little Lucy soon wished much that she | B |
| Had not taken the sugar so sweet | K |
| - | |
| For her head struck the floor and made such a noise | L |
| That every one hastened to see | B |
| And all of them knew by the sugar she held | M |
| How naughty Miss Lucy could be | B |
| - | |
| And no one was sorry although her poor head | N |
| Ached sadly because of her fall | O |
| For little girls never so every one said | N |
| Should taste or should meddle at all | O |
H. P. Nichols
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