The Story Of Romping Polly Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBBBB CBDBEFEF GHGH IHJHKGKG LMLM NBNB OB OB| I pray you now my little child | A |
| Thus once a kind old lady | B |
| Spoke to her niece in accents mild | A |
| Do try to be more steady | B |
| I know that you will often see | B |
| Rude boys push drive and hurry | B |
| But little girls should never be | B |
| All in a heat and flurry | B |
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| While thus the lady gave advice | C |
| And lectured little Polly | B |
| To see her stand with downcast eyes | D |
| You'd think she'd owned her folly | B |
| She did and many a promise made | E |
| But when her aunt departed | F |
| Forgetting all the silly maid | E |
| Off to the playground started | F |
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| Now see what frolic and what fun | G |
| The little folks are after | H |
| Away they jump away they run | G |
| With many a shout and laughter | H |
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| But fools who never will be taught | I |
| Except by some disaster | H |
| Soon find their knowledge dearly bought | J |
| And of a cruel master | H |
| This little girl who spite of all | K |
| Her good old aunt had spoken | G |
| Would romp about had such a fall | K |
| That her poor leg was broken | G |
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| In sore amaze those standing by | L |
| Then placed her on a barrow | M |
| But oh to hear her scream and cry | L |
| Their souls it sure did harrow | M |
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| See how her brother bursts in tears | N |
| When told the dreadful story | B |
| And see how carefully he bears | N |
| The limb all wet and gory | B |
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| Full many a week screwed up in bed | O |
| She lingered sad and weary | B |
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| And went on crutches it is said | O |
| Until she died so dreary | B |
Heinrich Hoffmann
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