Sophie Spoilall Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEEFFGG HHIJKKEL MMNOPPQQLLRRSTUUVV| I never saw a girl or boy | A |
| So prone as Sophie to destroy | A |
| Whate'er she laid her hands upon | B |
| Though tough as wood or hard as stone | C |
| With Sophie it was all the same | D |
| No matter who the thing might claim | D |
| No matter were it choice or rare | E |
| For naught did the destroyer care | E |
| Her playthings shared the common lot | F |
| Though hers they were she spared them not | F |
| Her dolls she oft tore limb from limb | G |
| To gratify a foolish whim | G |
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| Fie said her mother don't you know | H |
| That if you use your playthings so | H |
| Kriss Kringle will in wrath refuse | I |
| To give you what you might abuse | J |
| Remember how in times gone by | K |
| You've always found a rich supply | K |
| Of Christmas presents but beware | E |
| You'll find no more another year | L |
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| You'd think such words would surely tend | M |
| To make this child her ways amend | M |
| But no she still her course pursued | N |
| Regardless of advice so good | O |
| But when her mother sees 'tis plain | P |
| That all her arguments are vain | P |
| Says she Since I have done my best | Q |
| I'll let experience do the rest | Q |
| Meantime the season of the year | L |
| For Christmas gifts was drawing near | L |
| And Sophie doubted not that she | R |
| An ample store of them would see | R |
| At length the happy hour was come | S |
| The children led into the room | T |
| Behold with wonder and surprise | U |
| Three tables set before their eyes | U |
| One is for Nelly one for Ned | V |
| And both with choicest treasures spread | V |
Heinrich Hoffmann
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