Oil The Cricket Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FCFA GHGH ADCD| Mamma what noises do I hear | A |
| They keep me wide awake | B |
| The chirping crickets little dear | C |
| What funny noise they make | B |
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| Yes ma but touch their tongues with oil | D |
| To take the squeak away | E |
| For soon it will their voices spoil | D |
| To squeak thus night and day | E |
| - | |
| Well done my little girl of three | F |
| 'Twould tune our speaking gear | C |
| To utter sweeter melody | F |
| For your attentive ear | A |
| - | |
| If it were oiled a little too | G |
| For harsh too oft its tones | H |
| Though formed to thrill with pleasure true | G |
| It gives forth shrieks and groans | H |
| - | |
| Which fall discordant on the ear | A |
| And budding pleasures spoil | D |
| And speaking gear likewise I fear | C |
| So bring along the oil | D |
Joseph Horatio Chant
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