The Lugubrious Whing-whang Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAAB CBCCCB ABAAAB BBBBBB BBBBBBDEB| The rhyme o' The Raggedy Man's 'at's best | A |
| Is Tickle me Love in these Lonesome Ribs | B |
| 'Cause that un's the strangest of all o' the rest | A |
| An' the worst to learn an' the last one guessed | A |
| An' the funniest one an' the foolishest | A |
| Tickle me Love in these Lonesome Ribs | B |
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| I don't know what in the world it means | C |
| Tickle me Love in these Lonesome Ribs | B |
| An' nen when I tell him I don't he leans | C |
| Like he was a grindin' on some machines | C |
| An' says Ef I don't w'y I don't know beans | C |
| Tickle me Love in these Lonesome Ribs | B |
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| Out on the margin of Moonshine Land | A |
| Tickle me Love in these Lonesome Ribs | B |
| Out where the Whing Whang loves to stand | A |
| Writing his name with his tail in the sand | A |
| And swiping it out with his oogerish hand | A |
| Tickle me Love in these Lonesome Ribs | B |
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| Is it the gibber of Gungs or Keeks | B |
| Tickle me Love in these Lonesome Ribs | B |
| Or what is the sound that the Whing Whang seeks | B |
| Crouching low by the winding creeks | B |
| And holding his breath for weeks and weeks | B |
| Tickle me Love in these Lonesome Ribs | B |
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| Aroint him the wraithest of wraithly things | B |
| Tickle me Love in these Lonesome Ribs | B |
| 'Tis a fair Whing Whangess with phosphor rings | B |
| And bridal jewels of fangs and stings | B |
| And she sits and as sadly and softly sings | B |
| As the mildewed whir of her own dead wings | B |
| Tickle me Dear | D |
| Tickle me here | E |
| Tickle me Love in these Lonesome Ribs | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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