Christmas Greetings Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEEDD FBFBGHIIJJ KLKMNNOODD PHPHHHDDEE| Christmas comes but once a year | A |
| Though by nature snappy | B |
| Let us as we may appear | A |
| Merry friend and happy | B |
| Buckle to and when you meet your | C |
| Thunderstricken fellow creature | D |
| Show the broad indulgent smile | E |
| Of th' ingenuous crocodile | E |
| Look as if you'd backed a winner | D |
| Laugh you miserable sinner | D |
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| Brother Christmas Day has come | F |
| Can't you seek for inspi | B |
| ration in the turkey plum | F |
| pudding beef and mince pie | B |
| Brave it out and tho' you sit on | G |
| Tenterhooks remain a Briton | H |
| You can only do your best | I |
| Boxing Day's a day of rest | I |
| Throw aside your small digestive | J |
| Eccentricities Be festive | J |
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| Christmas Day is on the wing | K |
| Are you feeling wroth with | L |
| Any one for anything | K |
| Beg his pardon forthwith | M |
| Though the right is all on your side | N |
| Say it isn't say 'Of course I'd | N |
| No intention very rude | O |
| Shocking taste but misconstrued' | O |
| Then while I admit it's horri | D |
| fying tell the man you're sorry | D |
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| Christmas Day will soon have flown | P |
| If despite persuasion | H |
| You resolve to be alone | P |
| On the glad occasion | H |
| Better do as I have done | H |
| Vanish with a scatter gun | H |
| If you have to see it through | D |
| Better do what I shall do | D |
| Dining quietly at the Club'll | E |
| Save us from a world of trouble | E |
John Kendall (dum-dum)
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