George Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJJ KKLLMMNNDDOO PQQ| Who played with a Dangerous Toy and suffered a Catastrophe of considerable Dimensions | A |
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| When George's Grandmamma was told | B |
| That George had been as good as gold | B |
| She promised in the afternoon | C |
| To buy him an Immense Balloon | C |
| And so she did but when it came | D |
| It got into the candle flame | D |
| And being of a dangerous sort | E |
| Exploded with a loud report | E |
| The lights went out The windows broke | F |
| The room was filled with reeking smoke | F |
| And in the darkness shrieks and yells | G |
| Were mingled with electric bells | G |
| And falling masonry and groans | H |
| And crunching as of broken bones | H |
| And dreadful shrieks when worst of all | I |
| The house itself began to fall | I |
| It tottered shuddering to and fro | J |
| Then crashed into the street below | J |
| Which happened to be Savile Row | J |
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| When help arrived among the dead | K |
| Were Cousin Mary Little Fred | K |
| The Footmen both of them the Groom | L |
| The man that cleaned the Billiard Room | L |
| The Chaplain and the Still Room Maid | M |
| And I am dreadfully afraid | M |
| That Monsieur Champignon the Chef | N |
| Will now be permanently deaf | N |
| And both his aides are much the same | D |
| While George who was in part to blame | D |
| Received you will regret to hear | O |
| A nasty lump behind the ear | O |
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| Moral | P |
| The moral is that little boys | Q |
| Should not be given dangerous toys | Q |
Hilaire Belloc
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