The Story Of Little Suck-a-thumb Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFF GG HHIIGGJJ KKII| One day Mamma said Conrad dear | A |
| I must go out and leave you here | B |
| But mind now Conrad what I say | C |
| Don't suck your thumb while I'm away | C |
| The great tall tailor always comes | D |
| To little boys who suck their thumbs | D |
| And ere they dream what he's about | E |
| He takes his great sharp scissors out | E |
| And cuts their thumbs clean off and then | F |
| You know they never grow again | F |
| - | |
| Mamma had scarcely turned her back | G |
| The thumb was in Alack Alack | G |
| - | |
| The door flew open in he ran | H |
| The great long red legged scissor man | H |
| Oh children see the tailor's come | I |
| And caught out little Suck a Thumb | I |
| Snip Snap Snip the scissors go | G |
| And Conrad cries out Oh Oh Oh | G |
| Snip Snap Snip They go so fast | J |
| That both his thumbs are off at last | J |
| - | |
| Mamma comes home there Conrad stands | K |
| And looks quite sad and shows his hands | K |
| Ah said Mamma I knew he'd come | I |
| To naughty little Suck a Thumb | I |
Heinrich Hoffmann
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