Jack The Giant Killer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BBCCDEFFGGHHIIJJIIKK LMFFNNFOPPFFIIGG| Bad Boy's Version | A |
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| Tell you a story an' it's a fac' | B |
| Wunst wuz a little boy name wuz Jack | B |
| An' he had sword an' buckle an' strap | C |
| Maked of gold an' a 'visibul cap | C |
| An' he killed Gi'nts 'at et whole cows | D |
| Th' horns an' all an' pigs an' sows | E |
| But Jack his golding sword wuz oh | F |
| So awful sharp 'at he could go | F |
| An' cut th' ole Gi'nts clean in two | G |
| Fore 'ey knowed what he wuz goin' to do | G |
| An' one ole Gi'nt he had four | H |
| Heads and name wuz Bumblebore | H |
| An' he wuz feered o' Jack 'cause he | I |
| Jack he killed six five ten three | I |
| An' all o' th' uther ole Gi'nts but him | J |
| An' thay wuz a place Jack haf to swim | J |
| 'Fore he could git t' ole Bumblebore | I |
| Nen thay was griffuns at the door | I |
| But Jack he thist plunged in an' swum | K |
| Clean acrost an' when he come | K |
| To th' uther side he thist put on | L |
| His 'visibul cap an' nen dog gone | M |
| You could n't see him at all An' so | F |
| He slewed the griffuns boff you know | F |
| Nen wuz a horn hunged over his head | N |
| High on th' wall an' words 'at read | N |
| Whoever kin this trumput blow | F |
| Shall cause the Gi'nt's overth'ow | O |
| An' Jack he thist reached up an' blowed | P |
| The stuffin' out of it an' th'owed | P |
| Th' castul gates wide open an' | F |
| Nen tuck his gold sword in his han' | F |
| An' thist marched in t' ole Bumblebore | I |
| An' 'fore he knowed he put 'bout four | I |
| Heads on him an' chopped 'em off too | G |
| Wisht 'at I'd been Jack don't you | G |
James Whitcomb Riley
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