Snake And Its Young Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD ECEC FAFA GHIH JDJD| There is a peculiar snake | A |
| You might almost call it squatter | B |
| It loves to dive in pond or lake | A |
| At home on either land or water | B |
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| But it excited my good dog | C |
| To see small snakes bask in the sun | D |
| Enjoying themselves on a big log | C |
| Near into where the water run | D |
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| But their mother she was watching | E |
| Her numerous brood on the log | C |
| She thought to them was danger hatching | E |
| When she beheld myself and dog | C |
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| For she gave a hissing sound | F |
| All her offspring to awake | A |
| She ope'd her mouth and at a bound | F |
| Down her throat did rush each snake | A |
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| I scarcely my own eyes could trust | G |
| To see those small snakes disappear | H |
| I really thought that she would burst | I |
| For the sake of her offspring dear | H |
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| But I soon hid among the brakes | J |
| To view the young ones leave their prison | D |
| Will you believe this tale of snakes | J |
| If I did count right just four dozen | D |
James Mcintyre
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