Homunculus Et Puellula Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDC CCEE CCCFGC HHHH CCEEEE DDII IIDCCD CCCC| There was a little man | A |
| And he wooed a little maid | B |
| And he said Little maid will you wed wed wed | C |
| I have little more to say | D |
| Then will you ay or nay | D |
| For the least said is soonest mended ded ded | C |
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| Homunculus eximius puellulam amavit | C |
| Quam ut nubendam duceret sic ore compellavit | C |
| Quid verbis opus pluribus Dic volo dicve nolo | E |
| Sat verbum sapientibus responde sine dolo | E |
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| Then the little maid replied | C |
| Should I be your little bride | C |
| Pray what shall we have for to eat eat eat | C |
| Will the flame that you are rich in | F |
| Make a fire in the kitchen | G |
| Or the little god of love turn the spit spit spit | C |
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| Responsum dat puellula Si flectar ad nubendum | H |
| Dic qu so quid cibarii habebimus edendum | H |
| Amorem credis ignem in culin servaturum | H |
| Aut parvulum Cupidinem jam veru versaturum | H |
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| Then the little man replied | C |
| And they say a little sighed | C |
| For his little heart was big with sorrow sorrow sorrow | E |
| My offers are but small | E |
| But you have my little all | E |
| And what we haven't got we must borrow borrow borrow | E |
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| Replicuit homunculus suspiriis convulsus | D |
| Ingenti gritudine cor parvulum perculsus | D |
| Non multa quidem profero sed omnia relinquo | I |
| Et quicquid nobis deerit petemus a propinquo | I |
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| The little man thus spoke | I |
| His heart was almost broke | I |
| And all for the sake of her charms charms charms | D |
| So the little maid relented | C |
| And softened she consented | C |
| The little man to take to her arms arms arms | D |
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| Sic fatur ille lacrymans ex corde desolato | C |
| Et propter pulchritudinem ad mortem vulnerato | C |
| Mollitur tum puellula amorem et agnovit | C |
| Beatumque homunculum amplexu suo fovit | C |
Jacob Bigelow
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