Introduction: More Beasts For Worse Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCABDEFEGHGHIJKJLM LBNOPOQRQR| The parents of the learned child | A |
| His father and his mother | B |
| Were utterly aghast to note | C |
| The facts he would at random quote | C |
| On creatures curious rare and wild | A |
| And wondering ask each other | B |
| An idle little child like this | D |
| How is it that he knows | E |
| What years of close analysis | F |
| Are powerless to disclose | E |
| Our brains are trained our books are big | G |
| And yet we always fail | H |
| To answer why the Guinea pig | G |
| Is born without a tail | H |
| Or why the Wanderoo should rant | I |
| In wild unmeaning rhymes | J |
| Whereas the Indian Elephant | K |
| Will only read The Times | J |
| Perhaps he found a way to slip | L |
| Unnoticed to the Zoo | M |
| And gave the Pachyderm a tip | L |
| Or pumped the Wanderoo | B |
| Or even by an artful plan | N |
| Deceived our watchful eyes | O |
| And interviewed the Pelican | P |
| Who is extremely wise | O |
| Oh no said he in humble tone | Q |
| With shy but conscious look | R |
| Such facts I never could have known | Q |
| But for this little book | R |
Hilaire Belloc
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