The Frog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDB EFEFGF HEHEIE JKJKLK MNMNON PQPQEQ| Who am I but the Frog the Frog | A |
| My realm is the dark bayou | B |
| And my throne is the muddy and moss grown log | C |
| That the poison vine clings to | B |
| And the blacksnakes slide in the slimy tide | D |
| Where the ghost of the moon looks blue | B |
| - | |
| What am I but a King a King | E |
| For the royal robes I wear | F |
| A scepter too and a signet ring | E |
| As vassals and serfs declare | F |
| And a voice god wot that is equaled not | G |
| In the wide world anywhere | F |
| - | |
| I can talk to the Night the Night | H |
| Under her big black wing | E |
| She tells me the tale of the world outright | H |
| And the secret of everything | E |
| For she knows you all from the time you crawl | I |
| To the doom that death will bring | E |
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| The Storm swoops down and he blows and blows | J |
| While I drum on his swollen cheek | K |
| And croak in his angered eye that glows | J |
| With the lurid lightning's streak | K |
| While the rushes drown in the watery frown | L |
| That his bursting passions leak | K |
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| And I can see through the sky the sky | M |
| As clear as a piece of glass | N |
| And I can tell you the how and why | M |
| Of the things that come to pass | N |
| And whether the dead are there instead | O |
| Or under the graveyard grass | N |
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| To your Sovereign lord all hail all hail | P |
| To your Prince on his throne so grim | Q |
| Let the moon swing low and the high stars trail | P |
| Their heads in the dust to him | Q |
| And the wide world sing Long live the King | E |
| And grace to his royal whim | Q |
James Whitcomb Riley
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