Kitchen Clock, The Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDAAEEFF AAGGAAAAEEFF AAHHAAAAIIFF AAJJAAAAKKFF AACDAAAALLFF| Knitting is the maid o' the kitchen Milly | A |
| Doing nothing sits the chore boy Billy | A |
| Seconds reckoned | B |
| Seconds reckoned | B |
| Every minute | C |
| Sixty in it | D |
| Milly Billy | A |
| Billy Milly | A |
| Tick tock tock tick | E |
| Nick knock knock nick | E |
| Knockety nick nickety knock | F |
| Goes the kitchen clock | F |
| - | |
| Closer to the fire is rosy Milly | A |
| Every whit as close and cosy Billy | A |
| Time's a flying | G |
| Worth your trying | G |
| Pretty Milly | A |
| Kiss her Billy | A |
| Milly Billy | A |
| Billy Milly | A |
| Tick tock tock tick | E |
| Now now quick quick | E |
| Knockety nick nickety knock | F |
| Goes the kitchen clock | F |
| - | |
| Something's happened very red is Milly | A |
| Billy boy is looking very silly | A |
| Pretty misses | H |
| Plenty kisses | H |
| Make it twenty | A |
| Take a plenty | A |
| Billy Milly | A |
| Milly Billy | A |
| Right left left right | I |
| That's right all right | I |
| Knockety nick nickety knock | F |
| Goes the kitchen clock | F |
| - | |
| Weeks gone still they're sitting Milly Billy | A |
| O the winter winds are wondrous chilly | A |
| Winter weather | J |
| Close together | J |
| Wouldn't tarry | A |
| Better marry | A |
| Milly Billy | A |
| Billy Milly | A |
| Two one one two | K |
| Don't wait 'twon't do | K |
| Knockety nick nickety knock | F |
| Goes the kitchen clock | F |
| - | |
| Winters two have gone and where is Milly | A |
| Spring has come again and where is Billy | A |
| Give me credit | C |
| For I did it | D |
| Treat me kindly | A |
| Mind you wind me | A |
| Mister Billy | A |
| Mistress Milly | A |
| My O O my | L |
| By by by by | L |
| Nickety knock cradle rock | F |
| Goes the kitchen clock | F |
John Vance Cheney
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