A Friend In The Garden. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI KLML NOPO QRSR| He is not John the gardener | A |
| And yet the whole day long | B |
| Employs himself most usefully | C |
| The flower beds among | D |
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| He is not Tom the pussy cat | E |
| And yet the other day | F |
| With stealthy stride and glistening eye | G |
| He crept upon his prey | F |
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| He is not Dash the dear old dog | H |
| And yet perhaps if you | I |
| Took pains with him and petted him | J |
| You'd come to love him too | I |
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| He's not a Blackbird though he chirps | K |
| And though he once was black | L |
| And now he wears a loose grey coat | M |
| All wrinkled on the back | L |
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| He's got a very dirty face | N |
| And very shining eyes | O |
| He sometimes comes and sits indoors | P |
| He looks and p'r'aps is wise | O |
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| But in a sunny flower bed | Q |
| He has his fixed abode | R |
| He eats the things that eat my plants | S |
| He is a friendly TOAD | R |
Juliana Horatia Ewing
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