The Little Glutton Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED EEEE FGEGHIJIGKLKMEKENOKO PEQEEQEQ| Oh how this Mary loved to eat | A |
| It was her chief delight | B |
| She would have something sour or sweet | A |
| To munch from morn till night | B |
| She to the pantry daily stole | C |
| And slyly she would take | D |
| Sugar and plums and sweetmeats too | E |
| And apples nuts and cake | D |
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| Her mother Mary oft reproved | E |
| But ah it did no good | E |
| Munch nibble chew from morn to night | E |
| The little glutton would | E |
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| One day upon some bee hives near | F |
| She chanced to cast her eyes | G |
| How nice that honey there must taste | E |
| She cried and off she flies | G |
| On tiptoe now the hives she nears | H |
| Close up to them she creeps | I |
| And through the little window panes | J |
| Quite cautiously she peeps | I |
| Oh dear how good it looks she cries | G |
| As she the honey sees | K |
| I must I will indeed have some | L |
| It cannot hurt the bees | K |
| And then a hive she gently lifts | M |
| Oh foolish foolish child | E |
| Down down it falls out swarm the bees | K |
| Buzzing with fury wild | E |
| With fright she shrieks and tries to run | N |
| But ah 'tis all in vain | O |
| Upon her light the angry bees | K |
| And make her writhe with pain | O |
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| Four weeks and more did Mary lie | P |
| Upon her little bed | E |
| And ah instead of honey she | Q |
| On medicine was fed | E |
| Her parents grieved so much at first | E |
| Their child so sick to see | Q |
| But once more well with joy they found | E |
| Her cured of gluttony | Q |
Heinrich Hoffmann
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