Duck And Oyster Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFG HIHI IJIJ IKIL IMIM NONO GPGQ RIRI RSRS TURU| Once on a time there lived a duck | A |
| And by its fishing it did thrive | B |
| So one day it longed to suck | A |
| An oyster and for one did dive | B |
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| The oyster near shore lay open | C |
| The duck its gizzard for to fill | D |
| Resolved that he would pop in | E |
| Between the shells his sharp bill | D |
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| And then he would have glorious treat | F |
| But oyster closed on it its shell | G |
| And duck it got no oyster meat | F |
| But worse than that the duck befell | G |
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| This oyster was so very large | H |
| It held the duck's head under water | I |
| And towed small oysters like a barge | H |
| Each one clung to it like squatter | I |
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| Duck it died of too much moisture | I |
| And it floated towards the beach | J |
| And to its bill clung big oyster | I |
| Sticking to it like a horse leach | J |
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| On the shore there stood a shyster | I |
| Watching fat duck floating to him | K |
| And the wondrous big oyster | I |
| How fine it would be to stew them | L |
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| Alas the duck lost its dinner | I |
| And at the same time lost its life | M |
| But on it dined a hungry sinner | I |
| Who did reap all the spoils of strife | M |
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| For when the duck to land did float | N |
| It towed small oysters not a few | O |
| For it sailed like to a boat | N |
| With fat duck pie and oyster stew | O |
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| None can the poor duck's fate bewail | G |
| For it reckoned without its host | P |
| It strove for conquest and did fail | G |
| Fighting for spoil it battle lost | Q |
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| You see the wild duck did not know | R |
| When it attacked the big oyster | I |
| It had to fight a numerous foe | R |
| Of these shell fish a whole cluster | I |
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| Borne feathers on briny billow | R |
| They were full of springy down | S |
| And they made a glorious pillow | R |
| Where fellow he could rest his crown | S |
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| This chap he did not plow nor sow | T |
| But from sea and land he did reap | U |
| The wealth that others caused to grow | R |
| And thus he treasures up did heap | U |
James Mcintyre
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