Envious Minnie Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDDDCCEEFF GGHHIIJJKKLL MMCNOOIIPP DDKKQQRRJJCCDD| Now Minnie was a pretty girl | A |
| Her hair so gracefully did curl | A |
| She had a slender figure too | B |
| And rosy cheeks and eyes of blue | B |
| And yet with all those beauties rare | C |
| Those angel eyes and curly hair | C |
| Oh many many faults had she | D |
| The worst of which was jealousy | D |
| When on the brilliant Christmas tree | D |
| St Nicholas hung his gifts so free | D |
| The envious Minnie could not bear | C |
| With any one those gifts to share | C |
| And when her sisters' birthdays came | E |
| Minnie it must be told with shame | E |
| Would envy every pretty thing | F |
| Which dear Mamma to them would bring | F |
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| Sometimes great tears rolled from her eyes | G |
| Sometimes she pierced the air with cries | G |
| For hours together she would fret | H |
| Because their toys she could not get | H |
| Ah then how changed this pretty child | I |
| No longer amiable and mild | I |
| That fairy form and smiling face | J |
| Lost all their sprightliness and grace | J |
| Her tender mother often sighed | K |
| And to reform her daughter tried | K |
| Oh Minnie Minnie she would say | L |
| Quite yellow you will turn some day | L |
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| Now came the merry Christmas feast | M |
| St Nicholas brought to e'en the least | M |
| Such pretty presents rich and rare | C |
| But all the best for Minnie were | N |
| Now to her little sister Bess | O |
| St Nicholas brought a yellow dress | O |
| This Minnie longed for envious child | I |
| And snatched it from her sister mild | I |
| Then all in tears did Bessie run | P |
| To tell her mother what was done | P |
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| Then Minnie ran triumphantly | D |
| To try the dress on as you see | D |
| But Minnie was not satisfied | K |
| She pouted fretted sulked and cried | K |
| Sisters and brothers had no rest | Q |
| She vowed their presents were the best | Q |
| And springing quickly to the glass | R |
| What saw she there Alas alas | R |
| Oh what a sad such deep disgrace | J |
| She found she had a yellow face | J |
| Ah me she cried now in despair | C |
| Where are my rosy cheeks oh where | C |
| Exclaimed her mother Now you see | D |
| The punishment of jealousy | D |
Heinrich Hoffmann
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