The Pixy People Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEEGHGH EIEIGJGJ KLKLMNON APAPLQLQ QRQRQNQN SPSPSLSL ABABCDCDIt was just a very | A |
Merry fairy dream | B |
All the woods were airy | A |
With the gloom and gleam | B |
Crickets in the clover | C |
Clattered clear and strong | D |
And the bees droned over | C |
Their old honey song | D |
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In the mossy passes | E |
Saucy grasshoppers | F |
Leapt about the grasses | E |
And the thistle burs | E |
And the whispered chuckle | G |
Of the katydid | H |
Shook the honeysuckle | G |
Blossoms where he hid | H |
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Through the breezy mazes | E |
Of the lazy June | I |
Drowsy with the hazes | E |
Of the dreamy noon | I |
Little Pixy people | G |
Winged above the walk | J |
Pouring from the steeple | G |
Of a mullein stalk | J |
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One a gallant fellow | K |
Evidently King | L |
Wore a plume of yellow | K |
In a jewelled ring | L |
On a pansy bonnet | M |
Gold and white and blue | N |
With the dew still on it | O |
And the fragrance too | N |
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One a dainty lady | A |
Evidently Queen | P |
Wore a gown of shady | A |
Moonshine and green | P |
With a lace of gleaming | L |
Starlight that sent | Q |
All the dewdrops dreaming | L |
Everywhere she went | Q |
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One wore a waistcoat | Q |
Of roseleaves out and in | R |
And one wore a faced coat | Q |
Of tiger lily skin | R |
And one wore a neat coat | Q |
Of palest galingale | N |
And one a tiny street coat | Q |
And one a swallow tail | N |
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And Ho sang the King of them | S |
And Hey sang the Queen | P |
And round and round the ring of them | S |
Went dancing o'er the green | P |
And Hey sang the Queen of them | S |
And Ho sang the King | L |
And all that I had seen of them | S |
Wasn't anything | L |
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It was just a very | A |
Merry fairy dream | B |
All the woods were airy | A |
With the gloom and gleam | B |
Crickets in the clover | C |
Clattered clear and strong | D |
And the bees droned over | C |
Their old honey song | D |
James Whitcomb Riley
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