Franklin Hyde Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBC DEDE AFGFGHIJI| Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by His Uncle | A |
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| His Uncle came upon Franklin Hyde | B |
| Carousing in the Dirt | C |
| He Shook him hard from Side to Side | B |
| And Hit him till it Hurt | C |
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| Exclaiming with a Final Thud | D |
| Take that Abandoned boy | E |
| For Playing with Disgusting Mud | D |
| As though it were a Toy | E |
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| Moral | A |
| From Franklin Hyde's adventure learn | F |
| To pass your Leisure Time | G |
| In Cleanly Merriment and turn | F |
| From Mud and Ooze and Slime | G |
| And every form of Nastiness | H |
| But on the other Hand | I |
| Children in ordinary Dress | J |
| May always play with Sand | I |
Hilaire Belloc
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