Charles Augustus Fortescue Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEECCFFGGHHIJKK JJCCLLMMNNLL| The nicest child I ever knew | A |
| Was Charles Augustus Fortescue | B |
| He never lost his cap or tore | C |
| His stockings or his pinafore | C |
| In eating Bread he made no Crumbs | D |
| He was extremely fond of sums | D |
| To which however he preferred | E |
| The Parsing of a Latin Word | E |
| He sought when it was within his power | C |
| For information twice an hour | C |
| And as for finding Mutton Fat | F |
| Unappatising far from that | F |
| He often at his Father's Board | G |
| Would beg them of his own accord | G |
| To give him if they did not mind | H |
| The Greasiest Morsels they could find | H |
| His Later Years did not belie | I |
| The Promise of his Infancy | J |
| In Public Life he always tried | K |
| To take a judgement Broad and Wide | K |
| In Private none was more than he | J |
| Renowned for quiet courtesy | J |
| He rose at once in his Career | C |
| And long before hus Fortieth Year | C |
| Had wedded Fifi Only Child | L |
| Of Bunyan First Lord Aberfylde | L |
| He thus became immensely Rich | M |
| And built the Splendid Mansion which | M |
| Is called The Cedars Muswell Hill | N |
| Where he resides in affluence still | N |
| To show what everybody might | L |
| Become by SIMPLY DOING RIGHT | L |
Hilaire Belloc
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