Mr. Finney's Turnip Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD BEAE FGHG HIHI JAKA| Mr Finney had a turnip | A |
| And it grew and it grew | B |
| And it grew behind the barn | C |
| And the turnip did no harm | D |
| - | |
| And it grew and it grew | B |
| Till it could grow no taller | E |
| Then Mr Finney took it up | A |
| And put it in the cellar | E |
| - | |
| There it lay there it lay | F |
| Till it began to rot | G |
| When his daughter Susie washed it | H |
| And put it in the pot | G |
| - | |
| Then she boiled it and boiled it | H |
| As long as she was able | I |
| Then his daughter Susie took it | H |
| And put it on the table | I |
| - | |
| Mr Finney and his wife | J |
| Both sat down to sup | A |
| And they ate and they ate | K |
| Until they ate the turnip up | A |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Emily (Willis) Jennings: I am now 91 years old, and while cutting up a turnip for dinner today I recalled some of the words to the poem which we had to memorize when I was in grade three or four in a little one room school in rural NewbBrunswick.
I am elated to find all the words to it and refresh my memory which is like the “old gray mare, it ain’t like it used to be.
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