Slovenly Betsy Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGFHIJIKLMA NOPOIQRQSTUT VWGWXYZY| Betsy would never wash herself | A |
| When from her bed she rose | B |
| But just as quickly as she could | C |
| She hurried on her clothes | D |
| To keep her clothes all nice and clean | E |
| Miss Betsy took no pains | F |
| In holes her stockings always were | G |
| Her dresses filled with stains | F |
| Sometimes she went day after day | H |
| And never combed her hair | I |
| While little feathers from her bed | J |
| Stuck on it here and there | I |
| The schoolboys when they Betsy saw | K |
| Would point her out and cry | L |
| Oh Betsy what a sight you are | M |
| Oh Slovenly Betsy fie | A |
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| One rainy day her parents went | N |
| Some pleasant friends to meet | O |
| They took Betsy along with them | P |
| All dressed so clean and neat | O |
| Nice little boys and girls were there | I |
| With whom our Betsy played | Q |
| Until of playing she grew tired | R |
| And to the garden strayed | Q |
| Out in the rain she danced awhile | S |
| But 'twas not long before | T |
| Flat down she tumbled in the mud | U |
| And her best clothes she tore | T |
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| Oh what a sight she was indeed | V |
| When in the room she came | W |
| The guests all loudly laughed at her | G |
| And she almost died with shame | W |
| She turned and to her home she ran | X |
| And then as here you see | Y |
| She washed her clothes and since has been | Z |
| As neat as she could be | Y |
Heinrich Hoffmann
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