The Dreadful Story Of Pauline And The Matches Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFFGG HHIII JJKLMM HHNNIIII OOPP GGQRII STUUVVWWIGXX| Mamma and Nurse went out one day | A |
| And left Pauline alone at play | A |
| Around the room she gayly sprang | B |
| Clapp'd her hands and danced and sang | B |
| Now on the table close at hand | C |
| A box of matches chanced to stand | C |
| And kind Mamma and Nurse had told her | D |
| That if she touched them they would scold her | D |
| But Pauline said Oh what a pity | E |
| For when they burn it is so pretty | E |
| They crackle so and spit and flame | F |
| And Mamma often burns the same | F |
| I'll only light a match or two | G |
| As I have often seen my mother do | G |
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| When Minz and Maunz the cats heard this | H |
| They said Oh naughty naughty Miss | H |
| Me ow they cried Me ow me o | I |
| You'll burn to death if you do so | I |
| Mamma forbids it don't you know | I |
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| But Pauline would not take advice | J |
| She lit a match it was so nice | J |
| It crackled so it burned so clear | K |
| Exactly like the picture here | L |
| She jumped for joy and ran about | M |
| And was too pleased to put it out | M |
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| When Minz and Maunz the cats saw this | H |
| They said Oh naughty naughty Miss | H |
| And rais'd their paws | N |
| And stretch'd their claws | N |
| 'Tis very very wrong you know | I |
| Me ow me o me ow me o | I |
| You will be burnt if you do so | I |
| Mamma forbids it don't you know | I |
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| Now see oh see a dreadful thing | O |
| The fire has caught her apron string | O |
| Her apron burns her arms her hair | P |
| She burns all over everywhere | P |
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| Then how the pussy cats did mew | G |
| What else poor pussies could they do | G |
| They screamed for help 'twas all in vain | Q |
| So then they said We'll scream again | R |
| Make haste make haste Me ow me o | I |
| She'll burn to death we told her so | I |
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| Pauline was burnt with all her clothes | S |
| And arms and hands and eyes and nose | T |
| Till she had nothing more to lose | U |
| Except her little scarlet shoes | U |
| And nothing else but these was found | V |
| Among her ashes on the ground | V |
| And when the good cats sat beside | W |
| The smoking ashes how they cried | W |
| Me ow me o Me ow me oo | I |
| What will Mamma and Nursey do | G |
| Their tears ran down their cheeks so fast | X |
| They made a little pond at last | X |
Heinrich Hoffmann
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