Mischief Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFG HHIJJI DDKLLK MMNOON PPQRRQ| Let those who're fond of idle tricks | A |
| Of throwing stones and hurling bricks | A |
| And all that sort of fun | B |
| Now hear a tale of idle Jim | C |
| That warning they may take by him | C |
| Nor do as he has done | B |
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| In harmless sport or healthful play | D |
| He did not pass his time away | D |
| Nor took his pleasure in it | E |
| For mischief was his only joy | F |
| No book or work or even toy | F |
| Could please him for a minute | G |
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| A neighbour's house he'd slyly pass | H |
| And throw a stone to break the glass | H |
| And then enjoy the joke | I |
| Or if a window open stood | J |
| He'd throw in stones or bits of wood | J |
| To frighten all the folk | I |
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| If travellers passing chanced to stay | D |
| Of idle Jim to ask the way | D |
| He never told them right | K |
| And then quite harden'd in his sin | L |
| Rejoiced to see them taken in | L |
| And laugh'd with all his might | K |
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| He'd tie a string across the street | M |
| Just to entangle people's feet | M |
| And make them tumble down | N |
| Indeed he was disliked so much | O |
| That no good boy would play with such | O |
| A nuisance to the town | N |
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| At last the neighbours in despair | P |
| This mischief would no longer bear | P |
| And so to end the tale | Q |
| This lad to cure him of his ways | R |
| Was sent to spend some dismal days | R |
| Within the county jail | Q |
Jane Taylor
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